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Gentoo: GLSA 201110-09 Normal: Conky Privilege Escalation Attack

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Calendar Grey October 13, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Discover how to mitigate a privilege escalation vulnerability in Conky on Gentoo installations by following these critical guidelines in this advisory.
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Conky.

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability due to an insecure temporary file was found in Conky.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update privilege escalation normal severity conky

Resolution

All Conky users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/conky-1.8.1-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3616 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3616

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-09
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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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Conky: Privilege escalation
Date: October 13, 2011
Bugs: #354061
ID: 201110-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update privilege escalation normal severity conky

Synopsis

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Conky.

Background

Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/conky < 1.8.1-r2 >= 1.8.1-r2

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Conky.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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