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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..605daa27 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200601-01"> + <title>pinentry: Local privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis> + pinentry is vulnerable to privilege escalation. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">pinentry</product> + <announced>January 03, 2006</announced> + <revised>January 03, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>116822</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-crypt/pinentry" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.7.2-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.7.2-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + pinentry is a collection of simple PIN or passphrase entry dialogs + which utilize the Assuan protocol. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has + discovered that the pinentry ebuild incorrectly sets the permissions of + the pinentry binaries upon installation, so that the sgid bit is set + making them execute with the privileges of group ID 0. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A user of pinentry could potentially read and overwrite files with + a group ID of 0. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All pinentry users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-crypt/pinentry-0.7.2-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0071">CVE-2006-0071</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:13:15 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:13:43 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:02:30 +0000"> + shellsage + </metadata> +</glsa> |