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GLSA-201406-27 : polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 76271

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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-201406-27 (polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation)

 polkit has a race condition which potentially allows a process to change its UID/EUID via suid or pkexec before authentication is completed.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could start a suid or pkexec process through a polkit-enabled application, which could result in privilege escalation or bypass of polkit restrictions.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-auth/polkit-0.112' All HPLIP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/hplip-3.14.1' All Spice-Gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.21' All systemd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/systemd-204-r1' All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/libvirt-1.1.2-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-27

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76271

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-27.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 6/27/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:spice-gtk, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:systemd, 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: 6/26/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4288, CVE-2013-4311, CVE-2013-4324, CVE-2013-4325, CVE-2013-4327

BID: 62499, 62503, 62508, 62511, 62538

GLSA: 201406-27