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Gentoo GLSA-201805-01 Moderate: Remote Privilege Escalation in Hesiod

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A vulnerability in hesiod could enable unauthorized users to elevate their privileges to root level. It is advised that Gentoo users apply the latest updates.
A vulnerability was discovered in hesiod which may allow remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hesiod that have remained unaddressed. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo remote attack root escalation normal severity hesiod

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for hesiod and recommends that usersunmerge the package: # emerge --unmerge "net-dns/hesiod"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10151 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10151 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-10152 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10152

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
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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: hesiod: Root privilege escalation
Date: May 02, 2018
Bugs: #606652
ID: 201805-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo remote attack root escalation normal severity hesiod

Synopsis

A vulnerability was discovered in hesiod which may allow remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Background

DNS functionality to access to DB of information that changes infrequently.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dns/hesiod <= 3.1.0 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.

Impact

===== A remote or local attacker may be able to escalate privileges to root.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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