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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200411-26">
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<title>GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation</title>
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<synopsis>
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Improper file ownership allows user-owned files to be run with root
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privileges by init scripts.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">GIMPS,SETI@home,ChessBrain</product>
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<announced>November 17, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised>
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<bug>69868</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sci-misc/gimps" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">23.9-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">23.9</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="sci-misc/setiathome" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.08-r4</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="rge">3.03-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">3.08-r3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="sci-misc/chessbrain" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">20407-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">20407</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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GIMPS is a client for the distributed Great Internet Mersenne Prime
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Search. SETI@home is the client for the Search for Extraterrestrial
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Intelligence (SETI) project. ChessBrain is the client for the
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distributed chess supercomputer.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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GIMPS, SETI@home and ChessBrain ebuilds install user-owned binaries and
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init scripts which are executed with root privileges.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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This could lead to a local privilege escalation or root compromise.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All GIMPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-misc/gimps-23.9-r1"</code>
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<p>
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All SETI@home users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-misc/setiathome-3.03-r2"</code>
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<p>
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All ChessBrain users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-misc/chessbrain-20407-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1115">CVE-2004-1115</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1116">CVE-2004-1116</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1117">CVE-2004-1117</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:00:15 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:34:14 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:38:42 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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