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Gentoo GLSA-201805-15: Beep Local Escalation Issue - Normal Severity

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
To address local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Gentoo's beep package, users should follow this advisory and implement the outlined resolution steps
A vulnerability in beep could allow local attackers to escalate privileges.

Summary

A race condition, if setuid, was discovered in beep.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo local privilege escalation software update normal severity beep package

Resolution

All beep users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/beep-1.3-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-0492 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0492

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: beep: Local privilege escalation
Date: May 30, 2018
Bugs: #652330
ID: 201805-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo local privilege escalation software update normal severity beep package

Synopsis

A vulnerability in beep could allow local attackers to escalate privileges.

Background

The advanced PC speaker beeper.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-misc/beep < 1.3-r3 >= 1.3-r3

Impact

===== A local attacker could escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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