| 1 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 2 |
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201709-11 |
| 3 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 4 |
https://security.gentoo.org/ |
| 5 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 6 |
|
| 7 |
Severity: High |
| 8 |
Title: GIMPS: Root privilege escalation |
| 9 |
Date: September 17, 2017 |
| 10 |
Bugs: #603408 |
| 11 |
ID: 201709-11 |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 14 |
|
| 15 |
Synopsis |
| 16 |
======== |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
Gentoo's GIMPS ebuilds are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to |
| 19 |
improper permissions. A local attacker could use it to gain root |
| 20 |
privileges. |
| 21 |
|
| 22 |
Background |
| 23 |
========== |
| 24 |
|
| 25 |
GIMPS, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, is a software capable |
| 26 |
of find Mersenne Primes, which are used in cryptography. GIMPS is also |
| 27 |
used for hardware testing. |
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
Affected packages |
| 30 |
================= |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 |
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 34 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 35 |
1 sci-mathematics/gimps < 28.10-r1 >= 28.10-r1 |
| 36 |
|
| 37 |
Description |
| 38 |
=========== |
| 39 |
|
| 40 |
It was discovered that Gentoo’s default GIMPS installation suffered |
| 41 |
from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the init script. This |
| 42 |
script calls an unsafe "chown -R" command in checkconfig() function. |
| 43 |
|
| 44 |
Impact |
| 45 |
====== |
| 46 |
|
| 47 |
A local attacker who does not belong to the root group, but has the |
| 48 |
ability to modify the /var/lib/gimps directory can escalate privileges |
| 49 |
to the root group. |
| 50 |
|
| 51 |
Workaround |
| 52 |
========== |
| 53 |
|
| 54 |
There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 55 |
|
| 56 |
Resolution |
| 57 |
========== |
| 58 |
|
| 59 |
All GIMPS users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 60 |
|
| 61 |
# emerge --sync |
| 62 |
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-mathematics/gimps-28.10-r1" |
| 63 |
|
| 64 |
References |
| 65 |
========== |
| 66 |
|
| 67 |
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14484 |
| 68 |
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14484 |
| 69 |
|
| 70 |
Availability |
| 71 |
============ |
| 72 |
|
| 73 |
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 74 |
the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 75 |
|
| 76 |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-11 |
| 77 |
|
| 78 |
Concerns? |
| 79 |
========= |
| 80 |
|
| 81 |
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 82 |
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 83 |
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 84 |
security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 85 |
https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 86 |
|
| 87 |
License |
| 88 |
======= |
| 89 |
|
| 90 |
Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 91 |
belongs to its owner(s). |
| 92 |
|
| 93 |
The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 94 |
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 95 |
|
| 96 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
Archives