---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use WSUS to deploy 3rd party patches Public BETA http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_3rd_third_party_patching/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: McAfee LinuxShield "nailsd" Authentication Security Issue SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA38782 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/38782/ DESCRIPTION: Nikolas Sotiriu has reported a security issue in McAfee LinuxShield, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The security issue is caused due to the "nailsd" daemon allowing unprivileged, local users to log in and access administrative functionality. This can be exploited e.g. to change the configuration and to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The security issue is reported in version 1.5.1. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Update to version 1.5.1 and install hotfix HF550192. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Nikolas Sotiriu (lofi) ORIGINAL ADVISORY: McAfee: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007 Nikolas Sotiriu: http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2010-004.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------