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diff --git a/glsa-201412-44.xml b/glsa-201412-44.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cda0e3cd --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201412-44.xml @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<?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="201412-44"> + <title>policycoreutils: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in policycoreutils could lead to local privilege + escalation. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">policycoreutils</product> + <announced>December 26, 2014</announced> + <revised>December 26, 2014: 1</revised> + <bug>509896</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-apps/policycoreutils" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.2.5-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.5-r4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>policycoreutils is a collection of SELinux policy utilities.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>The seunshare utility is owned by root with 4755 permissions which can + be exploited by a setuid system call. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.</p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All policycoreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose + ">=sys-apps/policycoreutils-2.2.5-r4" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3215">CVE-2014-3215</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:53:45 +0000"> + BlueKnight + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:53:38 +0000">ackle</metadata> +</glsa> |