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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201612-02">
+ <title>DavFS2: Local privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in DavFS2 allows local users to gain root
+ privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">davfs2</product>
+ <announced>2016-12-02</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2016-12-02</revised>
+ <bug>485232</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-fs/davfs2" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.5.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>DavFS2 is a file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV server
+ as a local disk drive.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>DavFS2 installs “/usr/sbin/mount.davfs” as setuid root. This utility
+ uses “system()” to call “/sbin/modprobe”.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>While the call to “modprobe” itself cannot be manipulated, a local
+ authenticated user can set the “MODPROBE_OPTIONS” environment
+ variable to pass a user controlled path, allowing the loading of an
+ arbitrary kernel module.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A local user could gain root privileges.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>The system administrator should ensure that all modules the
+ “mount.davfs” utility tries to load are loaded upon system boot
+ before any local user can call the utility.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>An additional defense measure can be implemented by enabling the Linux
+ kernel module signing feature. This assists in the prevention of
+ arbitrary modules being loaded.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All DavFS2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-fs/davfs2-1.5.2"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4362">CVE-2013-4362</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-12-07T21:54:18Z">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-02T13:32:55Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>