Gentoo: 202310-20 Advisory: GNU Autoconf Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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October 26, 2013
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU Automake, allowing local arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the user running an Automake-based build
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Automake. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Automake users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/automake-1.11.6"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2009-4029 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4029 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-3386 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3386
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-15
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Automake: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 25, 2013
Bugs: #295357, #426336
ID: 201310-15
Background
GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files
compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-devel/automake < 1.11.6 >= 1.11.6
Impact
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A local attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges
of the user running an Automake-based build.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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