Executive Summary

Summary
Title beep: Local privilege escalation
Informations
Name GLSA-201805-15 First vendor Publication 2018-05-30
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-05-30
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.4 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in beep could allow local attackers to escalate privileges.

Background

The advanced PC speaker beeper.

Description

A race condition, if setuid, was discovered in beep.

Impact

A local attacker could escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All beep users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/beep-1.3-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-0492 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0492

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201805-15.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-05-31 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201805-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-04-04 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-04-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-05-30 17:18:43
  • First insertion