From jaervosz@gentoo.org Mon Feb 28 12:01:38 2005 From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org Cc: security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:18:04 +0100 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [ GLSA 200502-31 ] uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: February 28, 2005 Bugs: #82678 ID: 200502-31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 [ Part 1.2, Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 196bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html