From klieber@gentoo.org Tue Sep 7 21:29:33 2004 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:48:44 +0000 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [ GLSA 200409-11 ] star: Suid root vulnerability - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: star: Suid root vulnerability Date: September 07, 2004 Bugs: #61797 ID: 200409-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== star contains a suid root vulnerability which could potentially grant unauthorized root access to an attacker. Background ========== star is an enhanced tape archiver, much like tar, that is recognized for it's speed as well as it's enhanced mt/rmt support. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-arch/star < star-1.5_alpha46 >= star-1.5_alpha46 Description =========== A suid root vulnerability exists in versions of star that are configured to use ssh for remote tape access. Impact ====== Attackers with local user level access could potentially gain root level access. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All star users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46" # emerge ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46" References ========== [ 1 ] Star Mailing List Announcement https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/star-users/2004-August/000239.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-11.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 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 [ Part 2, Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 196bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]