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From: "Sean Amoss (ackle)" <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-201209-22.xml
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:37:04
Message-Id: 20120928003653.8361621600@flycatcher.gentoo.org
1 ackle 12/09/28 00:36:53
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3 Added: glsa-201209-22.xml
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5 GLSA 201209-22
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8 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
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13 Index: glsa-201209-22.xml
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19 <glsa id="201209-22">
20 <title>libgssglue: Privilege escalation</title>
21 <synopsis>A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain
22 escalated privileges.
23 </synopsis>
24 <product type="ebuild">libgssglue</product>
25 <announced>September 28, 2012</announced>
26 <revised>September 28, 2012: 1</revised>
27 <bug>385321</bug>
28 <access>local</access>
29 <affected>
30 <package name="net-libs/libgssglue" auto="yes" arch="*">
31 <unaffected range="ge">0.4</unaffected>
32 <vulnerable range="lt">0.4</vulnerable>
33 </package>
34 </affected>
35 <background>
36 <p>libgssglue exports a GSSAPI interface which calls other random GSSAPI
37 libraries.
38 </p>
39 </background>
40 <description>
41 <p>libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a
42 setuid application.
43 </p>
44 </description>
45 <impact type="high">
46 <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p>
47 </impact>
48 <workaround>
49 <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
50 </workaround>
51 <resolution>
52 <p>All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
53
54 <code>
55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4"
57 </code>
58 </resolution>
59 <references>
60 <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2709">CVE-2011-2709</uri>
61 </references>
62 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:06:10 +0000">ackle</metadata>
63 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:34:59 +0000">ackle</metadata>
64 </glsa>