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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201412-45
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 Severity: High
    Title: Facter: Privilege escalation
     Date: December 26, 2014
     Bugs: #514476
       ID: 201412-45

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Synopsis
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An untrusted search path vulnerability in Facter could lead to local
privilege escalation.

Background
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Facter is a cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from
operating systems.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-ruby/facter              < 1.7.6                    >= 1.7.6

Description
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Facter includes the current working directory in the search path.

Impact
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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Facter users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/facter-1.7.6"

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

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/201412-45

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/