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[ GLSA 200510-03 ] Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability
From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 20:04:28 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: October 04, 2005 Bugs: #107748 ID: 200510-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Under certain conditions, applications linked against Uim suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability. Background ========== Uim is a multilingual input method library which provides secure and useful input method for all languages. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-i18n/uim < 0.4.9.1 >= 0.4.9.1 Description =========== Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid applications are linked to libuim. This bug 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 version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-i18n/uim-0.4.9.1" References ========== [ 1 ] Original advisory http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-03.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
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