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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-09 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Conky: Privilege escalation |
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Date: October 13, 2011 |
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Bugs: #354061 |
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ID: 201110-09 |
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Synopsis |
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A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Conky. |
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Background |
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Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-admin/conky < 1.8.1-r2 >= 1.8.1-r2 |
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Description |
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A privilege escalation vulnerability due to an insecure temporary file |
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was found in Conky. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the |
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privileges of the user running Conky. |
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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 Conky users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/conky-1.8.1-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3616 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3616 |
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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-201110-09.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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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2011 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 |