Gentoo: GLSA-201904-22 Normal: OpenDKIM Root Escalation Issue
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April 22, 2019
A vulnerability was discovered in Gentoo's ebuild for OpenDKIM which could lead to root privilege escalation.
Summary
It was discovered that Gentoo’s OpenDKIM ebuild does not properly set permissions or place the pid file in a safe directory.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All OpenDKIM users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/opendkim-2.10.3-r8"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-22
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenDKIM: Root privilege escalation
Date: April 22, 2019
Bugs: #629914
ID: 201904-22
Topics Covered
Background
A community effort to develop and maintain a C library for producing
DKIM-aware applications and an open source milter for providing DKIM
service.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 mail-filter/opendkim < 2.10.3-r8 >= 2.10.3-r8
Impact
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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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