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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200504-12
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  Severity: High
     Title: rsnapshot: Local privilege escalation
      Date: April 13, 2005
      Bugs: #88681
        ID: 200504-12

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Synopsis
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rsnapshot allow a local user to take ownership of local files,
resulting in privilege escalation.

Background
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rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync, allowing
local and remote systems backups.

Affected packages
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     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/rsnapshot       < 1.2.1                         >= 1.2.1

Description
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The copy_symlink() subroutine in rsnapshot follows symlinks when
changing file ownership, instead of changing the ownership of the
symlink itself.

Impact
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Under certain circumstances, local attackers can exploit this
vulnerability to take ownership of arbitrary files, resulting in local
privilege escalation.

Workaround
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The copy_symlink() subroutine is not called if the cmd_cp parameter has
been enabled.

Resolution
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All rsnapshot users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsnapshot-1.2.1"

References
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  [ 1 ] rsnapshot Security Advisory 001
        http://www.rsnapshot.org/security/2005/001.html

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-200504-12.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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 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/2.0