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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-45 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Facter: Privilege escalation |
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Date: December 26, 2014 |
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Bugs: #514476 |
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ID: 201412-45 |
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Synopsis |
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An untrusted search path vulnerability in Facter could lead to local |
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privilege escalation. |
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Background |
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Facter is a cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from |
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operating systems. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-ruby/facter < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6 |
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Description |
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Facter includes the current working directory in the search path. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges. |
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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 Facter users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/facter-1.7.6" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3248 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3248 |
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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-201412-45.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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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 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/2.5 |