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Gentoo 202411-03 High: Ubiquiti UniFi Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical Gentoo GLSA notification regarding Ubiquiti UniFi's vulnerability allowing privilege escalation. Update to version 8.5.6 without delay.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Ubiquiti UniFi, which can lead to local privilege escalation.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Ubiquiti UniFi. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo system management privilege escalation ubiquiti

Resolution

All Ubiquiti UniFi users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/unifi-8.5.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-42028 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42028

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202411-03
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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: High
Title: Ubiquiti UniFi: Privilege Escalation
Date: November 06, 2024
Bugs: #941922
ID: 202411-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo system management privilege escalation ubiquiti

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Ubiquiti UniFi, which can lead to local privilege escalation.

Background

Ubiquiti UniFi is a Management Controller for Ubiquiti Networks UniFi APs.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ net-wireless/unifi < 8.5.6 >= 8.5.6

Impact

The vulnerability allows a malicious actor with a local operational system user to execute high privilege actions on UniFi Network Server.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.