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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201611-10
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: libuv: Privilege escalation
     Date: November 17, 2016
     Bugs: #540826
       ID: 201611-10

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in libuv could lead to privilege escalation.

Background
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libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous
I/O.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/libuv               < 1.4.2                    >= 1.4.2 

Description
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It was discovered that libuv does not call setgroups before calling
setuid/setgid.  If this is not called, then even though the uid has
been dropped, there may still be groups associated that permit
superuser privileges.

Impact
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Context-dependent attackers could escalate privileges via unspecified
vectors.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All libuv users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot ">=dev-libs/libuv-1.4.2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0278
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0278

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/201611-10

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 2016 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/