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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201412-15
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: MCollective: Privilege escalation
     Date: December 13, 2014
     Bugs: #513292, #517286
       ID: 201412-15

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Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in MCollective, the worst of which
could lead to privilege escalation.

Background
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MCollective is a framework to build server orchestration or parallel
job execution systems.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-admin/mcollective        < 2.5.3                    >= 2.5.3

Description
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in MCollective:

* An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in MCollective
  (CVE-2014-3248)
* MCollective does not properly validate server certificates
  (CVE-2014-3251)

Impact
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A local attacker can execute arbitrary a Trojan horse shared library,
potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution and privilege
escalation. Furthermore, a local attacker may be able to establish
unauthorized MCollective connections.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All MCollective users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/mcollective-2.5.3"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3248
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3248
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-3251
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3251

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-15

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/