SUS: Local root vulnerability

SUS: Local root vulnerability SUS contains a string format bug that could lead to local privilege escalation. SUS 2004-09-14 2006-05-22: 02 63927 local 2.0.2-r1 2.0.2-r1

SUS is a utility that allows regular users to be able to execute certain commands as root.

Leon Juranic found a bug in the logging functionality of SUS that can lead to local privilege escalation. A format string vulnerability exists in the log() function due to an incorrect call to the syslog() function.

An attacker with local user privileges can potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain root access.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All SUS users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1"
    # emerge ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1"

SUS ChangeLog BugTraq Advisory CVE-2004-1469 jaervosz lewk koon