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Gentoo: GLSA 202101-11 Moderate: Zabbix Root Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Zabbix. Update required to mitigate potential root privilege threats. Consult Gentoo GLSA 202101-11 for further information.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Gentoo's ebuild for Zabbix which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Summary

It was discovered that Gentoo's Zabbix ebuild did not properly set permissions or placed the pid file in an unsafe directory.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate gentoo software update privilege escalation root access moderate risk zabbix

Resolution

All Zabbix 3.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-3.0.30:0/3.0"
All Zabbix 4.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-4.0.18:0/4.0"
All other Zabbix users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-4.4.6"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-11
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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: Zabbix: Root privilege escalation
Date: January 21, 2021
Bugs: #629882, #629884
ID: 202101-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate gentoo software update privilege escalation root access moderate risk zabbix

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Gentoo's ebuild for Zabbix which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Background

Zabbix is software for monitoring applications, networks, and servers.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/zabbix < 4.4.6 >= 3.0.30:0/3.0 >= 4.0.18:0/4.0

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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