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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-05 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: SplitVT: Privilege escalation |
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Date: March 03, 2008 |
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Bugs: #211240 |
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ID: 200803-05 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability in SplitVT may allow local users to gain escalated |
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privileges. |
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Background |
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SplitVT is a program for splitting terminals into two shells. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-misc/splitvt < 1.6.6-r1 >= 1.6.6-r1 |
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Description |
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Mike Ashton reported that SplitVT does not drop group privileges before |
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executing the xprop utility. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain the "utmp" |
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group privileges. |
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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 SplitVT users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/splitvt-1.6.6-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-0162 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0162 |
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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-200803-05.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 2008 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/2.5 |
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