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GLSA-201904-05 : BURP: Root privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 123579

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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-201904-05 (BURP: Root privilege escalation)

 It was discovered that Gentoo’s BURP ebuild does not properly set permissions or place the pid file in a safe directory. Additionally, the first set of patches did not completely address this. As such, a revision has been made available that addresses all concerns of the initial report.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could escalate privileges.
 Workaround :

 Users should ensure the proper permissions are set as discussed in the referenced bugs.

Solution

All BURP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-backup/burp-2.1.32-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123579

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201904-05.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/2/2019

Updated: 6/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18285

GLSA: 201904-05