GLSA-201401-31 : CEDET: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 72158

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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-201401-31 (CEDET: Privilege escalation)

An untrusted search path vulnerability was discovered in CEDET.
Impact :

A local attacker could escalate his privileges via a specially crafted Lisp expression in a Project.ede file in the directory or a parent directory of an opened file.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CEDET users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emacs/cedet-1.0.1' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since February 01, 2012. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72158

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201401-31.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cedet, 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: 1/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0035

BID: 51354

GLSA: 201401-31

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