Alessandro Rubini gpm 1.18.1/1.19 gpm-root privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alessandro Rubini gpm 1.18.1/1.19 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file gpm-root. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0229. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alessandro Rubini gpm 1.18.1/1.19 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file gpm-root. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

The weakness was shared 03/22/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0229. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61800 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2000:002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19816), Tenable (61800) and SecurityFocus (BID 1069†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 61800
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2000:002)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/13/2000 +22 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +4529 days 🔍
06/23/2014 +655 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on March 22, 2000 by Egmont Koblinger
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0229 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0229
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15404
SecurityFocus: 1069 - Multiple Linux Vendor gpm Setgid Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 00:45
Updated: 11/25/2024 02:31
Changes: 06/24/2014 00:45 (60), 05/23/2018 11:05 (1), 10/08/2020 15:34 (1), 11/25/2024 02:31 (27)
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Cache ID: 216:273:103

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