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GLSA-201804-18 : tenshi: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 109232

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-18 (tenshi: Privilege escalation)

 It was discovered that the tenshi ebuild creates a tenshi.pid file after dropping privileges to a non-root account.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could escalate privileges to root or kill arbitrary processes.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All tenshi users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/tenshi-0.17'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109232

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201804-18.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2018

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tenshi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11746

GLSA: 201804-18