[Please upgrade if you have the Speedtouch driver installed on any distribution -- Raju]
This is an RFC 1153 digest. (1 message) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-a+71IjEC+f9e0/BFbZHQ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Luke Macken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ GLSA 200411-04 ] Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 09:21:12 -0500 --=-a+71IjEC+f9e0/BFbZHQ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: November 02, 2004 Bugs: #68436 ID: 200411-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D A vulnerability in the Speedtouch USB driver can be exploited to allow local users to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges. Background =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The speedtouch package contains a driver for the ADSL SpeedTouch USB modem. Affected packages =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dialup/speedtouch < 1.3.1 >=3D 1.3.1 Description =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The Speedtouch USB driver contains multiple format string vulnerabilities in modem_run, pppoa2 and pppoa3. This flaw is due to an improperly made syslog() system call. Impact =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability by causing a buffer overflow, and potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges. Workaround =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D All Speedtouch USB driver users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dnet-dialup/speedtouch-1.3.1" References =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D [ 1 ] CAN-2004-0834 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCAN-2004-0834 [ 2 ] Speedtouch Project News Announcements http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/index.php?/news.en.html Availability =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-04.xml Concerns? =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Copyright 2004 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 --=-a+71IjEC+f9e0/BFbZHQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBh5fXRsm3eDkOu7kRAhvJAJ41E5ZgCc3GfE7RkL+Z38zv4/JmdQCeL0Q+ QYc4YLoPaV6OEEqcq7WmLEA= =J9ru -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-a+71IjEC+f9e0/BFbZHQ-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/