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Gentoo: GLSA 201904-05 Normal: BURP Root Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202110-08 discusses vulnerabilities in SYSTEM-X that could lead to unauthorized access. It is crucial to apply patches to maintain system integrity.
A vulnerability was discovered in Gentoo's ebuild for BURP which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Summary

It was discovered that Gentoo’s BURP ebuild does not properly set permissions or place the pid file in a safe directory. Additionally, the first set of patches did not completely address this. As such, a revision has been made available that addresses all concerns of the initial report.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo privilege escalation root access normal severity burp

Resolution

All BURP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-backup/burp-2.1.32-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-18285 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18285

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-05
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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: BURP: Root privilege escalation
Date: April 02, 2019
Bugs: #641842
ID: 201904-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo privilege escalation root access normal severity burp

Synopsis

A vulnerability was discovered in Gentoo's ebuild for BURP which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Background

A network backup and restore program.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-backup/burp < 2.1.32-r1 >= 2.1.32-r1

Impact

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

Workaround

Users should ensure the proper permissions are set as discussed in the referenced bugs.

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