SB2014122602 - Gentoo update for policycoreutils
Published: December 26, 2014 Updated: September 25, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014122602
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3215)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.