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author | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2017-09-17 11:45:15 -0400 |
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committer | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2017-09-17 11:45:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201709-05.xml b/glsa-201709-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..771f0cdc --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201709-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201709-05"> + <title>chkrootkit: Local privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in chkrootkit may allow local users to gain root + privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">chkrootkit</product> + <announced>2017-09-17</announced> + <revised>2017-09-17: 1</revised> + <bug>512356</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-forensics/chkrootkit" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.50</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.50</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>chkrootkit is a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>When /tmp is mounted without the noexec option chkrootkit will execute + files in /tmp with root privileges. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with root + privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>Users should mount /tmp with noexec option.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All chkrootkit users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-forensics/chkrootkit-0.50" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0476"> + CVE-2014-0476 + </uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-10T06:30:28Z">BlueKnight</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-17T15:44:38Z">chrisadr</metadata> +</glsa> |