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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-14 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: LibAST: Privilege escalation |
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Date: January 29, 2006 |
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Bugs: #120106 |
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ID: 200601-14 |
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Synopsis |
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A buffer overflow in LibAST may result in execution of arbitrary code |
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with escalated privileges. |
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Background |
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LibAST is a utility library that was originally intended to accompany |
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Eterm, but may be used by various other applications. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 x11-libs/libast < 0.7 >= 0.7 |
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Description |
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Michael Jennings discovered an exploitable buffer overflow in the |
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configuration engine of LibAST. |
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Impact |
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The vulnerability can be exploited to gain escalated privileges if the |
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application using LibAST is setuid/setgid and passes a specifically |
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crafted filename to LibAST's configuration engine. |
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Workaround |
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Identify all applications linking against LibAST and verify they are |
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not setuid/setgid. |
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Resolution |
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All users should upgrade to the latest version and run revdep-rebuild: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=x11-libs/libast-0.7 |
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# revdep-rebuild |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0224 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0224 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-14.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |