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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200704-03.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200704-03.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c554c15d364c --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200704-03.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200704-03"> + <title>OpenAFS: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis> + OpenAFS is subject to a design flaw that could allow privilege escalation + on the client. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">openafs</product> + <announced>2007-04-03</announced> + <revised count="01">2007-04-03</revised> + <bug>171662</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-fs/openafs" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + OpenAFS is a distributed network filesystem. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Benjamin Bennett discovered that the OpenAFS client contains a design + flaw where cache managers do not use authenticated server connections + when performing actions not requested by a user. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + If setuid is enabled on the client cells, an attacker can supply a fake + FetchStatus reply that sets setuid and root ownership of a file being + executed. This could provide root access on the client. Remote attacks + may be possible if an attacker can entice a user to execute a known + file. Note that setuid is enabled by default in versions of OpenAFS + prior to 1.4.4. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Disable the setuid functionality on all client cells. This is now the + default configuration in OpenAFS. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All OpenAFS users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/openafs-1.4.4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1507">CVE-2007-1507</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-03-25T06:35:01Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-03-28T13:53:51Z"> + aetius + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-04-03T22:29:30Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |