VDB-27682 · CVE-2005-4443 · BID 15120

gauche up to 0.8.5 privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in gauche up to 0.8.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

untrusted search path vulnerability in gauche before 0.8.6-r1 on gentoo linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the portage temporary build directory which is part of the runpath.

The weakness was disclosed 12/20/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at gentoo.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4443 since 12/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20327 (GLSA-200512-07 : OpenLDAP, Gauche: RUNPATH issues), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (20327). The entries 26912, 26911, 26910 and 27681 are pretty similar.

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gauche

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 20327
Nessus Name: GLSA-200512-07 : OpenLDAP, Gauche: RUNPATH issues
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OpenVAS ID: 56021
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200512-07 (OpenLDAP Gauche)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/17/2005 🔍
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06/12/2019 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4443 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 10051 - OpenLDAP and Gauche RUNPATH Issues Cause Privilege Escalation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15120 - Gentoo Linux Multiple Packages Insecure RUNPATH Vulnerability
Secunia: 18040 - Gentoo update for openldap / gauche, Less Critical
OSVDB: 21977 - Gauche RUNPATH Variable Local Privilege Escalation

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/12/2019 19:00
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (70), 06/12/2019 19:00 (4)
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