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gentoo-announce: GLSA 202007-32 : Sarg: Local privilege escalation


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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-32
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Sarg: Local privilege escalation
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #706748
ID: 202007-32

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Synopsis
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A flaw in Sarg may allow local privilege escalation.

Background
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Sarg (Squid Analysis Report Generator) is a tool that provides many
informations about the Squid web proxy server users activities: time,
sites, traffic, etc.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/sarg < 2.4.0 >= 2.4.0

Description
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A flaw in Sarg's handling of temporary directories was discovered.

Impact
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A local attacker may be able to escalate privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Sarg users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/sarg-2.4.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-18932
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18932

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-32

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
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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