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GLSA-200606-22 : aRts: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21742

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-200606-22 (aRts: Privilege escalation)

 artswrapper fails to properly check whether it can drop privileges accordingly if setuid() fails due to a user exceeding assigned resource limits.
 Impact :

 Local attackers could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Note that the aRts package provided by Gentoo is only vulnerable if the artswrappersuid USE-flag is enabled.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All aRts users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/arts

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21742

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-22.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2916

BID: 18429

GLSA: 200606-22