A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-03
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability
Date: October 04, 2005
Bugs: #107748
ID: 200510-03
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Synopsis
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Under certain conditions, applications linked against Uim suffer from a
privilege escalation vulnerability.
Background
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Uim is a multilingual input method library which provides secure and
useful input method for all languages.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-i18n/uim < 0.4.9.1 >= 0.4.9.1
Description
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Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables
incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid
applications are linked to libuim. This bug only affects
immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with
USE="immqt" or USE="immqt-bc").
Impact
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A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Uim users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-i18n/uim-0.4.9.1"
References
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[ 1 ] Original advisory
http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.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-200510-03.xml
Concerns?
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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 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
