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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201209-22">
+ <title>libgssglue: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain
+ escalated privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libgssglue</product>
+ <announced>2012-09-28</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-09-28</revised>
+ <bug>385321</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-libs/libgssglue" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libgssglue exports a GSSAPI interface which calls other random GSSAPI
+ libraries.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a
+ setuid application.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2709">CVE-2011-2709</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-09T12:06:10Z">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2012-09-28T00:34:59Z">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>