[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-45 ] Facter: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-45

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: Facter: Privilege escalation

Date: December 26, 2014

Bugs: #514476

ID: 201412-45

 

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Synopsis

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An untrusted search path vulnerability in Facter could lead to local

privilege escalation.

 

Background

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Facter is a cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from

operating systems.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-ruby/facter < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6

 

Description

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Facter includes the current working directory in the search path.

 

Impact

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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Facter users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/facter-1.7.6"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3248

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3248

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-45.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5