<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201209-22"> <title>libgssglue: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in libgssglue may allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libgssglue</product> <announced>2012-09-28</announced> <revised count="1">2012-09-28</revised> <bug>385321</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="net-libs/libgssglue" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libgssglue exports a GSSAPI interface which calls other random GSSAPI libraries. </p> </background> <description> <p>libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a setuid application. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2709">CVE-2011-2709</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-09T12:06:10Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2012-09-28T00:34:59Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>