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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-14
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          PACKAGE : tcptraceroute
          SUMMARY : problems dropping root privileges
             DATE : 2003-06-28 20:21 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =tcptraceroute-1.4
              CVE : CAN-2003-0489

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quote from cve:

"tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after 
obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow 
local users to gain access to the descriptor via a separate 
vulnerability in tcptraceroute."

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-analyzer/tcptraceroute upgrade to tcptraceroute-1.4-r1 as follows

emerge sync
emerge tcptraceroute
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
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Gentoo: tcptraceroute privilege escalation vulnerability

tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow local users to gain access to the descriptor v...

Summary


GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-14


quote from cve:

"tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after 
obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow 
local users to gain access to the descriptor via a separate 
vulnerability in tcptraceroute."

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-analyzer/tcptraceroute upgrade to tcptraceroute-1.4-r1 as follows

emerge sync
emerge tcptraceroute
emerge clean

aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at

Resolution

References

Availability

Concerns

Severity
PACKAGE : tcptraceroute
SUMMARY : problems dropping root privileges
DATE : 2003-06-28 20:21 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =tcptraceroute-1.4
CVE : CAN-2003-0489

Synopsis

Background

Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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