A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - scponly: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200802-06
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: scponly: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 12, 2008
Bugs: #201726, #203099
ID: 200802-06
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in scponly allow authenticated users to bypass
security restrictions.
Background
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scponly is a shell for restricting user access to file transfer only
using sftp and scp.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/scponly < 4.8 >= 4.8
Description
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Florian Weimer from Debian discovered that scponly does not filter the
- -o and -F options to the scp executable (CVE-2007-6415). Joachim
Breitner reported that Subversion and rsync support invokes subcommands
in an insecure manner (CVE-2007-6350).
Impact
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A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to elevate
privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the vulnerable host.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All scponly users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/scponly-4.8"
Due to the design of scponly's Subversion support, security
restrictions can still be circumvented. Please read carefully the
SECURITY file included in the package.
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6350
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6350
[ 2 ] CVE-2007-6415
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6415
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-200802-06.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 2008 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/2.5
