GLSA-201110-18 : rgmanager: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56593

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-201110-18 (rgmanager: Privilege escalation)

A vulnerability has been discovered in rgmanager. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact :

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All rgmanager users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/rgmanager-2.03.09-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56593

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201110-18.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 10/24/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3389

BID: 44359

GLSA: 201110-18