metadata/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201209-22">
  <title>libgssglue: Privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain
    escalated privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libgssglue</product>
  <announced>September 28, 2012</announced>
  <revised>September 28, 2012: 1</revised>
  <bug>385321</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/libgssglue" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libgssglue exports a GSSAPI interface which calls other random GSSAPI
      libraries.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a
      setuid application.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2709">CVE-2011-2709</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:06:10 +0000">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:34:59 +0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>