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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-11 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: High |
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Title: star: Suid root vulnerability |
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Date: September 07, 2004 |
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Bugs: #61797 |
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ID: 200409-11 |
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Synopsis |
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star contains a suid root vulnerability which could potentially grant |
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unauthorized root access to an attacker. |
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Background |
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star is an enhanced tape archiver, much like tar, that is recognized |
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for it's speed as well as it's enhanced mt/rmt support. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-arch/star < star-1.5_alpha46 >= star-1.5_alpha46 |
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Description |
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A suid root vulnerability exists in versions of star that are |
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configured to use ssh for remote tape access. |
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Impact |
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Attackers with local user level access could potentially gain root |
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level 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 star users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46" |
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# emerge ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] Star Mailing List Announcement |
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https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/star-users/2004-August/000239.html |
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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-200409-11.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 |