<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201406-27"> <title>polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A race condition in polkit could allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">polkit spice-gtk systemd hplip libvirt</product> <announced>2014-06-26</announced> <revised count="1">2014-06-26</revised> <bug>484486</bug> <bug>484488</bug> <bug>485420</bug> <bug>485546</bug> <bug>485904</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="net-print/hplip" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.14.1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.14.1</vulnerable> </package> <package name="net-misc/spice-gtk" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.21</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.21</vulnerable> </package> <package name="sys-apps/systemd" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">204-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">204-r1</vulnerable> </package> <package name="app-emulation/libvirt" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.1.2-r3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.2-r3</vulnerable> </package> <package name="sys-auth/polkit" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.112</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.112</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>polkit is a toolkit for managing policies relating to unprivileged processes communicating with privileged processes. </p> </background> <description> <p>polkit has a race condition which potentially allows a process to change its UID/EUID via suid or pkexec before authentication is completed. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker could start a suid or pkexec process through a polkit-enabled application, which could result in privilege escalation or bypass of polkit restrictions. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.112" </code> <p>All HPLIP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/hplip-3.14.1" </code> <p>All Spice-Gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.21" </code> <p>All systemd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/systemd-204-r1" </code> <p>All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/libvirt-1.1.2-r3" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4288">CVE-2013-4288</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4311">CVE-2013-4311</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4324">CVE-2013-4324</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4325">CVE-2013-4325</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4327">CVE-2013-4327</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-09-29T15:18:50Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-06-26T22:23:13Z"> creffett </metadata> </glsa>