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GLSA-200411-26 : GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation

high Nessus Plugin ID 15754

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-200411-26 (GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation)

 GIMPS, SETI@home and ChessBrain ebuilds install user-owned binaries and init scripts which are executed with root privileges.
 Impact :

 This could lead to a local privilege escalation or root compromise.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GIMPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sci-misc/gimps-23.9-r1' All SETI@home users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sci-misc/setiathome-3.03-r2' All ChessBrain users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sci-misc/chessbrain-20407-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-26

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15754

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-26.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 11/18/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chessbrain, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gimps, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:setiathome, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1115, CVE-2004-1116, CVE-2004-1117

GLSA: 200411-26