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[ GLSA 200606-22 ] aRts: Privilege escalation
From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:17:43 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: aRts: Privilege escalation Date: June 22, 2006 Bugs: #135970 ID: 200606-22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== The artswrapper part of aRts allows local users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Background ========== aRts is a real time modular system for synthesizing audio used by KDE. artswrapper is a helper application used to start the aRts daemon. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-base/arts < 3.5.2-r1 >= 3.5.2-r1 *>= 3.4.3-r1 Description =========== artswrapper fails to properly check whether it can drop privileges accordingly if setuid() fails due to a user exceeding assigned resource limits. Impact ====== Local attackers could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Note that the aRts package provided by Gentoo is only vulnerable if the artswrappersuid USE-flag is enabled. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All aRts users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/arts References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-2916 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2916 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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- [ GLSA 200606-22 ] aRts: Privilege escalation Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (Jun 22)