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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201805-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: hesiod: Root privilege escalation |
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Date: May 02, 2018 |
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Bugs: #606652 |
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ID: 201805-01 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability was discovered in hesiod which may allow remote |
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attackers to gain root privileges. |
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Background |
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DNS functionality to access to DB of information that changes |
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infrequently. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-dns/hesiod <= 3.1.0 Vulnerable! |
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate |
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to another package if one is available or wait for the |
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existing packages to be marked stable by their |
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architecture maintainers. |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hesiod that have |
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remained unaddressed. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for |
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details. |
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Impact |
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A remote or local attacker may be able to escalate privileges to root. |
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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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Gentoo has discontinued support for hesiod and recommends that users |
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unmerge the package: |
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# emerge --unmerge "net-dns/hesiod" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10151 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10151 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2016-10152 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10152 |
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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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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01 |
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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 2018 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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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |