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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2020-08-30 21:13:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2020-08-30 21:13:55 +0000 |
| commit | b3d75d5ac377be24123e121789caf9076589a5d0 (patch) | |
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| parent | [ GLSA 202008-22 ] targetcli-fb: Multiple vulnerabilities (diff) | |
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[ GLSA 202008-23 ] chrony: Symlink vulnerability
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/glsa-202008-23.xml b/glsa-202008-23.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c4ea9bb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-202008-23.xml @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="202008-23"> + <title>chrony: Symlink vulnerability</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in chrony may allow a privileged attacker to cause + data loss via a symlink. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">chrony</product> + <announced>2020-08-30</announced> + <revised count="1">2020-08-30</revised> + <bug>738154</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-misc/chrony" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.5.1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.5.1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>chrony is a versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP).</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>It was found that chrony did not check whether its PID file was a + symlink. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A local attacker could perform symlink attack(s) to overwrite arbitrary + files with root privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All chrony users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/chrony-3.5.1" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14367">CVE-2020-14367</uri> + <uri link="https://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html"> + chrony-3.5.1 release announcement + </uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-08-25T23:32:37Z">sam_c</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-08-30T21:09:20Z">sam_c</metadata> +</glsa> |