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GLSA-200601-14 : LibAST: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20822

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-200601-14 (LibAST: Privilege escalation)

 Michael Jennings discovered an exploitable buffer overflow in the configuration engine of LibAST.
 Impact :

 The vulnerability can be exploited to gain escalated privileges if the application using LibAST is setuid/setgid and passes a specifically crafted filename to LibAST's configuration engine.
 Workaround :

 Identify all applications linking against LibAST and verify they are not setuid/setgid.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest version and run revdep-rebuild:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/libast-0.7' # revdep-rebuild

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200601-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20822

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200601-14.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0224

GLSA: 200601-14