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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200409-11
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  Severity: High
     Title: star: Suid root vulnerability
      Date: September 07, 2004
      Bugs: #61797
        ID: 200409-11

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Synopsis
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star contains a suid root vulnerability which could potentially grant
unauthorized root access to an attacker.

Background
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star is an enhanced tape archiver, much like tar, that is recognized
for it's speed as well as it's enhanced mt/rmt support.

Affected packages
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     Package        /      Vulnerable      /                Unaffected
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  1  app-arch/star     < star-1.5_alpha46          >= star-1.5_alpha46

Description
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A suid root vulnerability exists in versions of star that are
configured to use ssh for remote tape access.

Impact
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Attackers with local user level access could potentially gain root
level access.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All star users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46"
    # emerge ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46"

References
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  [ 1 ] Star Mailing List Announcement
        https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/star-users/2004-August/000239.html

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-200409-11.xml

Concerns?
=========

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 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/1.0