Gentoo Net-SNMP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:14745

Info

Gentoo Net-SNMP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14745
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 06 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to James Cloos.
Vulnerable: Gentoo net-analyzer/net-snmp 5.2.1 .2
+ Gentoo Linux
Gentoo net-analyzer/net-snmp 5.2.1 -r1
+ Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: Gentoo net-analyzer/net-snmp 5.2.1 .2-r1
+ Gentoo Linux

Discussion

Gentoo Net-SNMP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Gentoo Net-SNMP is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker with portage group privileges may create a shared object that would be loaded by Net-SNMP Perl modules, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running the Perl script.

Gentoo Net-SNMP versions prior to 5.2.1.2-r1 are affected by this vulnerability. This issue does not affect the Net-SNMP suite.

Exploit / POC

Gentoo Net-SNMP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Gentoo Net-SNMP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200509-05 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Gentoo users may upgrade by carrying out the following commands:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.2.1.2-r1"

References

Gentoo Net-SNMP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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