GLSA 202007-32: Sarg: Local privilege escalation

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Severity:	high
Title:	Sarg: Local privilege escalation
Date:	07/27/2020
Bugs:	#706748
ID:	202007-32

Synopsis

A flaw in Sarg may allow local privilege escalation.

Background

Sarg (Squid Analysis Report Generator) is a tool that provides many informations about the Squid web proxy server users activities: time, sites, traffic, etc.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/sarg	< 2.4.0	>= 2.4.0	All supported architectures

Description

A flaw in Sarg’s handling of temporary directories was discovered.

Impact

A local attacker may be able to escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Sarg users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/sarg-2.4.0"

References

CVE-2019-18932

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202007-32.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.