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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-01 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: pinentry: Local privilege escalation |
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Date: January 03, 2006 |
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Bugs: #116822 |
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ID: 200601-01 |
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Synopsis |
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pinentry is vulnerable to privilege escalation. |
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Background |
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pinentry is a collection of simple PIN or passphrase entry dialogs |
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which utilize the Assuan protocol. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-crypt/pinentry < 0.7.2-r2 >= 0.7.2-r2 |
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Description |
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Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has discovered |
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that the pinentry ebuild incorrectly sets the permissions of the |
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pinentry binaries upon installation, so that the sgid bit is set making |
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them execute with the privileges of group ID 0. |
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Impact |
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A user of pinentry could potentially read and overwrite files with a |
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group ID of 0. |
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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 pinentry users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/pinentry-0.7.2-r2" |
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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-200601-01.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 |