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Gentoo: GLSA-202412-11: OATH Toolkit: Privilege EscalationSecurity Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
OATH Toolkit vulnerability discovered, leading to local root escalation. Important updates recommended for Gentoo users.
A vulnerability has been discovered in OATH Toolkit, which could lead to local root privilege escalation.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Resolution

All OATH Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/oath-toolkit-2.6.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-47191 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47191

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-11
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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: High
Title: OATH Toolkit: Privilege Escalation
Date: December 07, 2024
Bugs: #940778
ID: 202412-11

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in OATH Toolkit, which could lead to local root privilege escalation.

Background

OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm (RFC 6238), and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to manage secret key data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the organization that specify the algorithms.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected --------------------- ------------ ------------ sys-auth/oath-toolkit < 2.6.12 >= 2.6.12

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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