<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200510-14"> <title>Perl, Qt-UnixODBC, CMake: RUNPATH issues</title> <synopsis> Multiple packages suffer from RUNPATH issues that may allow users in the "portage" group to escalate privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">Perl Qt-UnixODBC CMake</product> <announced>October 17, 2005</announced> <revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised> <bug>105719</bug> <bug>105721</bug> <bug>106678</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.8.7-r1</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">5.8.6-r6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.8.7-r1</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-db/qt-unixODBC" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.3.4-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.3.4-r1</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-util/cmake" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.2.0-r1</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">2.0.6-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.0-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry Wall. Qt-UnixODBC is an ODBC library for Qt. CMake is a cross-platform build environment. </p> </background> <description> <p> Some packages may introduce insecure paths into the list of directories that are searched for libraries at runtime. Furthermore, packages depending on the MakeMaker Perl module for build configuration may have incorrectly copied the LD_RUN_PATH into the DT_RPATH. </p> </description> <impact type="low"> <p> A local attacker, who is a member of the "portage" group, could create a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory that would be loaded at runtime by a dependent executable, potentially resulting in privilege escalation. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> Only grant "portage" group rights to trusted users. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl</code> <p> All Qt-UnixODBC users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/qt-unixODBC-3.3.4-r1"</code> <p> All CMake users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-util/cmake</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4278">CVE-2005-4278</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4279">CVE-2005-4279</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4280">CVE-2005-4280</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:00:50 +0000"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:34:31 +0000"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:08:27 +0000"> koon </metadata> </glsa>