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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201209-22 ] libgssglue: Privilege escalation
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:13:56
Message-Id: 5064F761.7020905@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-22
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: libgssglue: Privilege escalation
9 Date: September 28, 2012
10 Bugs: #385321
11 ID: 201209-22
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain
19 escalated privileges.
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21 Background
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24 libgssglue exports a GSSAPI interface which calls other random GSSAPI
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-libs/libgssglue < 0.4 >= 0.4
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35 Description
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38 libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a
39 setuid application.
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41 Impact
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44 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2011-2709
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2709
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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