GLSA-200510-03 : Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19849

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-200510-03 (Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability)

Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid applications are linked to libuim. This bug only affects immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with USE='immqt' or USE='immqt-bc').
Impact :

A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Uim users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-i18n/uim-0.4.9.1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19849

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-03.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3149

GLSA: 200510-03

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