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Gentoo: GLSA-200502-31 Standard: Uim Elevated Privilege Risk

Under certain conditions, applications linked against uim suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: February 28, 2005 Bugs: #82678 ID: 200502-31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= Under certain conditions, applications linked against uim suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability. Background ========= uim is a simple, secure and flexible input method library. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-i18n/uim < 0.4.5.1 > = 0.4.5.1 Description ========== Takumi Asaki discovered that uim insufficiently checks environment variables. setuid/setgid applications linked against libuim could end up executing arbitrary code. This vulnerability only affects immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with USE="immqt" or USE="immqt-bc"). Impact ===== A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All uim users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =app-i18n/uim-0.4.5.1" References ========= [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0503 [ 2 ] uim announcement https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-31 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/. License ====== Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ . The Gentoo Linux Security Announce (GLSA) GLSA-200502-31 reveals a critical privilege escalation flaw in uim, risking system security for users.. uim Privilege Escalation,Gentoo Security Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 28, 2005 Gentoo