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Mangelnde Eingabeprüfung in uim
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200502-31 |
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Gentoo |
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Keine Angabe |
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Mo, 28. Februar 2005, 12:00 |
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0503 |
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uim |
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Severity: Normal Title: uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: February 28, 2005 Bugs: #82678 ID: 200502-31
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Synopsis ========
Under certain conditions, applications linked against uim suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Background ==========
uim is a simple, secure and flexible input method library.
Affected packages =================
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-i18n/uim < 0.4.5.1 >= 0.4.5.1
Description ===========
Takumi Asaki discovered that uim insufficiently checks environment variables. setuid/setgid applications linked against libuim could end up executing arbitrary code. This vulnerability only affects immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with USE="immqt" or USE="immqt-bc").
Impact ======
A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
Workaround ==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ==========
All uim users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-i18n/uim-0.4.5.1"
References ==========
[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0503 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0503 [ 2 ] uim announcement http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html
Availability ============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-31.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 =======
Copyright 2005 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/2.0
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