Gentoo alert 200409-17 (sus)

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Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@gentoo.org>
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gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200409-17 ] SUS: Local root vulnerability
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Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:42:05 +0200
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bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com,
 security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200409-17
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  Severity: High
     Title: SUS: Local root vulnerability
      Date: September 14, 2004
      Bugs: #63927
        ID: 200409-17

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Synopsis
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SUS contains a string format bug that could lead to local privilege
escalation.

Background
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SUS is a utility that allows regular users to be able to execute
certain commands as root.

Affected packages
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     Package        /  Vulnerable  /                        Unaffected
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  1  app-admin/sus     < 2.0.2-r1                          >= 2.0.2-r1

Description
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Leon Juranic found a bug in the logging functionality of SUS that can
lead to local privilege escalation. A format string vulnerability
exists in the log() function due to an incorrect call to the syslog()
function.

Impact
======

An attacker with local user privileges can potentially exploit this
vulnerability to gain root access.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SUS users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1"
    # emerge ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] SUS ChangeLog
        http://pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/CHANGES
  [ 2 ] BugTraq Advisory
        http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/375109/2004-09-11/...

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-17.xml

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2004 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.

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