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GLSA-201209-22 : libgssglue: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62364

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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-201209-22 (libgssglue: Privilege escalation)

 libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a setuid application.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62364

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201209-22.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 9/28/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libgssglue, 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: 9/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2709

BID: 48490

GLSA: 201209-22