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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200704-22.xml b/glsa-200704-22.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b751315d --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200704-22.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200704-22"> + <title>BEAST: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability has been discovered in BEAST allowing for a Denial of + Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">BEAST</product> + <announced>April 27, 2007</announced> + <revised>April 27, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>163146</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-sound/beast" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.7.1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.7.1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + BEdevilled Audio SysTem is an audio compositor, supporting a wide range + of audio formats. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + BEAST, which is installed as setuid root, fails to properly check + whether it can drop privileges accordingly if seteuid() fails due to a + user exceeding assigned resource limits. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="low"> + <p> + A local user could exceed his resource limit in order to prevent the + seteuid() call from succeeding. This may lead BEAST to keep running + with root privileges. Then, the local user could use the "save as" + dialog box to overwrite any file on the vulnerable system, potentially + leading to a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All BEAST users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/beast-0.7.1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2916">CVE-2006-2916</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4447">CVE-2006-4447</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:02:22 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:26:01 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:26:41 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |