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GLSA-201706-01 : MUNGE: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 100628

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-01 (MUNGE: Privilege escalation)

 It was discovered that Gentoo’s default MUNGE installation suffered from a privilege escalation vulnerability (munge user to root) due to improper permissions and a runscript which called chown() on a user controlled file.
 Impact :

 A local attacker, who either is already MUNGE’s system user or belongs to MUNGE’s group, could potentially escalate privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MUNGE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-auth/munge-0.5.10-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100628

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201706-01.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 6/6/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:munge, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

GLSA: 201706-01