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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-25 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Rootkit Hunter: Insecure temporary file creation |
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Date: April 26, 2005 |
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Bugs: #90007 |
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ID: 200504-25 |
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Synopsis |
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Rootkit Hunter is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a |
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local user to overwrite arbitrary files. |
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Background |
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Rootkit Hunter is a scanning tool to detect rootkits, backdoors and |
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local exploits on a local machine. Rootkit Hunter uses downloaded data |
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files to check file integrity. These files are updated via the |
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check_update.sh script. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-forensics/rkhunter < 1.2.3-r1 >= 1.2.3-r1 |
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Description |
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Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen and Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux |
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Security Team have reported that the check_update.sh script and the |
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main rkhunter script insecurely creates several temporary files with |
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predictable filenames. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files |
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directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When |
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rkhunter or the check_update.sh script runs, this would result in the |
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file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, |
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which could be the root user. |
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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 Rootkit Hunter users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-forensics/rkhunter-1.2.3-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1270 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1270 |
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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-200504-25.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 2005 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 |