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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201406-27
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege
escalation
Date: June 26, 2014
Bugs: #484486, #484488, #485420, #485546, #485904
ID: 201406-27
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Synopsis
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A race condition in polkit could allow a local attacker to gain
escalated privileges.
Background
==========
polkit is a toolkit for managing policies relating to unprivileged
processes communicating with privileged processes.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-print/hplip < 3.14.1 >= 3.14.1
2 net-misc/spice-gtk < 0.21 >= 0.21
3 sys-apps/systemd < 204-r1 >= 204-r1
4 app-emulation/libvirt < 1.1.2-r3 >= 1.1.2-r3
5 sys-auth/polkit < 0.112 >= 0.112
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5 affected packages
Description
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polkit has a race condition which potentially allows a process to
change its UID/EUID via suid or pkexec before authentication is
completed.
Impact
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A local attacker could start a suid or pkexec process through a
polkit-enabled application, which could result in privilege escalation
or bypass of polkit restrictions.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=sys-auth/polkit-0.112”
All HPLIP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-print/hplip-3.14.1”
All Spice-Gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.21”
All systemd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=sys-apps/systemd-204-r1”
All libvirt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=app-emulation/libvirt-1.1.2-r3”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4288
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4288
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4311
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4311
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-4324
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4324
[ 4 ] CVE-2013-4325
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4325
[ 5 ] CVE-2013-4327
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4327
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-201406-27.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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2014 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
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