Gentoo Portage 2.1.3.10 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Gentoo Portage 2.1.3.10. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-6249. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gentoo Portage 2.1.3.10. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2007. The weakness was published 09/24/2007 by Mike (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sources.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6249 since 12/05/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29716 (GLSA-200712-11 : Portage: Information disclosure), 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 to version 2.1.3.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39035), Tenable (29716), SecurityFocus (BID 26864†), OSVDB (42636†) and Secunia (SA28094†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 29716
Nessus Name: GLSA-200712-11 : Portage: Information disclosure
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OpenVAS ID: 60015
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-11 (portage)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Portage 2.1.3.10

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sources.gentoo.org
Researcher: Mike
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40040
X-Force: 39035
SecurityFocus: 26864 - Portage 'etc-update' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 28094
OSVDB: 42636 - Gentoo Linux etc-update Permission Weakness Local Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1019097
Vulnerability Center: 17148 - Portage Before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux Weak Permissions for the Merge File, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 18:39
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (74), 08/01/2019 18:39 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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