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Gentoo Linux GLSA-201110-18 Normal: rgmanager Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A security notification for Gentoo regarding rgmanager privilege escalation issues categorized as normal severity with no available workaround.
A vulnerability was found in rgmanager, allowing for privilege escalation.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in rgmanager. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation gentoo linux normal severity rgmanager

Resolution

All rgmanager users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=sys-cluster/rgmanager-2.03.09-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3389 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3389

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-18
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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: rgmanager: Privilege escalation
Date: October 22, 2011
Bugs: #352213
ID: 201110-18

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation gentoo linux normal severity rgmanager

Synopsis

A vulnerability was found in rgmanager, allowing for privilege escalation.

Background

rgmanager is a clustered resource group manager.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-cluster/rgmanager < 2.03.09-r1 >= 2.03.09-r1

Impact

===== A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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