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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-201201-15.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201201-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5c0bd1d4f86c --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201201-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201201-15"> + <title>ktsuss: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis>Two vulnerabilities have been found in ktsuss, allowing local + attackers to gain escalated privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">ktsuss</product> + <announced>2012-01-27</announced> + <revised>2012-01-27: 1</revised> + <bug>381115</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="x11-misc/ktsuss" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">1.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>ktsuss is a simple, graphical version of su written in C and GTK+. </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Two vulnerabilities have been found in ktuss:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Under specific circumstances, ktsuss skips authentication and fails + to change the effective UID back to the real UID (CVE-2011-2921). + </li> + <li>The GTK interface spawned by the ktsuss binary is run as root + (CVE-2011-2922). + </li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges and use the + "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code + with root privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>Gentoo discontinued support for ktsuss. We recommend that users unmerge + ktsuss: + </p> + + <code> + # emerge --unmerge "x11-misc/ktsuss" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2921">CVE-2011-2921</uri> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2922">CVE-2011-2922</uri> + </references> + <metadata timestamp="2011-10-27T21:00:00Z" tag="requester"> + underling + </metadata> + <metadata timestamp="2012-01-27T14:41:59Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata> +</glsa> |