GLSA 201412-45: Facter: Privilege escalation

Severity:high
Title:Facter: Privilege escalation
Date:12/26/2014
Bugs: #514476
ID:201412-45

Synopsis

An untrusted search path vulnerability in Facter could lead to local privilege escalation.

Background

Facter is a cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from operating systems.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
dev-ruby/facter < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6 All supported architectures

Description

Facter includes the current working directory in the search path.

Impact

A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Facter users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/facter-1.7.6"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-45.xml

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 security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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