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GLSA-200803-05 : SplitVT: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 31380

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-200803-05 (SplitVT: Privilege escalation)

 Mike Ashton reported that SplitVT does not drop group privileges before executing the xprop utility.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain the 'utmp' group privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SplitVT users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/splitvt-1.6.6-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31380

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-05.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 3/7/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0162

CWE: 264

GLSA: 200803-05