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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a73245ac --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200606-07"> + <title>Vixie Cron: Privilege Escalation</title> + <synopsis> + Vixie Cron allows local users to execute programs as root. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">vixie-cron</product> + <announced>June 09, 2006</announced> + <revised>June 09, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>134194</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-process/vixie-cron" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.1-r9</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.1-r9</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Vixie Cron is a command scheduler with extended syntax over cron. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Roman Veretelnikov discovered that Vixie Cron fails to properly + check whether it can drop privileges accordingly if setuid() in + do_command.c fails due to a user exceeding assigned resource limits. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + Local users can execute code with root privileges by deliberately + exceeding their assigned resource limits and then starting a command + through Vixie Cron. This requires resource limits to be in place on the + machine. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Vixie Cron users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r9"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2607">CVE-2006-2607</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:26:16 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:17:38 +0000"> + frilled + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:56:58 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |