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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-17 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: SUS: Local root vulnerability |
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Date: September 14, 2004 |
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Bugs: #63927 |
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ID: 200409-17 |
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Synopsis |
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SUS contains a string format bug that could lead to local privilege |
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escalation. |
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Background |
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SUS is a utility that allows regular users to be able to execute |
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certain commands as root. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-admin/sus < 2.0.2-r1 >= 2.0.2-r1 |
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Description |
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Leon Juranic found a bug in the logging functionality of SUS that can |
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lead to local privilege escalation. A format string vulnerability |
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exists in the log() function due to an incorrect call to the syslog() |
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function. |
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Impact |
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An attacker with local user privileges can potentially exploit this |
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vulnerability to gain root access. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All SUS users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1" |
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# emerge ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] SUS ChangeLog |
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http://pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/CHANGES |
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[ 2 ] BugTraq Advisory |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/375109/2004-09-11/2004-09-17/0 |
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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-200409-17.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 2004 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/1.0 |