Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201209-22 - A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges. Versions less than 0.4 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-22
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Severity: High
Title: libgssglue: Privilege escalation
Date: September 28, 2012
Bugs: #385321
ID: 201209-22
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain
escalated privileges.
Background
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libgssglue exports a GSSAPI interface which calls other random GSSAPI
libraries.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/libgssglue < 0.4 >= 0.4
Description
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libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a
setuid application.
Impact
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-2709
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2709
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5