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Gentoo: UPDATE: cdrtools privilege escalation vulnerability Print E-mail
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Gentoo Incorrect link fixed. A vulnerability in cdrecord that could lead to a root compromise was discovered. cdrecord is not installed suid by default in Gentoo.

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-06.1
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          PACKAGE : cdrtools
          SUMMARY : privelige escalation
             DATE : 2003-05-18 12:18 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =cdrtools-2.01_alpha14, =cdrtools-1.11.33-r1,
		    =cdrtools-1.11.39-r1
              CVE : CAN-2003-0289

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Last advisory had the wrong url to the advisory.

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Cdrecord isn't installed setuid root by default in Gentoo.

Read the full advisory at 
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105285564307225&w=2

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-cdr/cdrtools upgrade to one of the following versions:
for users running xcdroast: cdrtools-1.11.33-r1
for sparc users: cdrtools-1.11.39-r1
for everyone else: cdrtools-2.01_alpha14

emerge sync
emerge \=app-cdr/
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at  http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz
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