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GLSA-202209-10 : Logcheck: Root privilege escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 165438

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202209-10 (Logcheck: Root privilege escalation)

 - In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls.
 (CVE-2017-20148)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Logcheck. We recommend that users remove it:

 # emerge --ask --depclean app-admin/logcheck

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-10

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630752

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 165438

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202209-10.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2022

Updated: 10/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-20148

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-20148