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GLSA-201805-15 : beep: Local privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 110256

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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-201805-15 (beep: Local privilege escalation)

 A race condition, if setuid, was discovered in beep.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could escalate privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All beep users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/beep-1.3-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110256

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201805-15.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 5/31/2018

Updated: 9/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0492

GLSA: 201805-15