SB2014043004 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in CHROMATIC SUPER



SB2014043004 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in CHROMATIC SUPER

Published: April 30, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014043004
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0470)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

super.c in Super 3.30.0 does not check the return value of the setuid function when the -F flag is set, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka an RLIMIT_NPROC attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.