---------------------------------------------------------------------- BETA test the new Secunia Personal Software Inspector! The Secunia PSI detects installed software on your computer and categorises it as either Insecure, End-of-Life, or Up-To-Date. Effectively enabling you to focus your attention on software installations where more secure versions are available from the vendors. Download the free PSI BETA from the Secunia website: https://psi.secunia.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA26469 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/26469/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Security Bypass WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.x http://secunia.com/product/15335/ DESCRIPTION: Robert Watson has reported some vulnerabilities in Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions. The vulnerabilities are caused due to race conditions in the filtering of multiple system calls wrappers when processing userspace arguments. This can be exploited to bypass access control restrictions and prevent the logging of certain actions. NOTE: The vulnerabilities might lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user. The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.6.3. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Do not rely on the security provided by Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Robert Watson ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.watson.org/~robert/2007woot/2007usenixwoot-exploitingconcurrency.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------