UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness

BID:15007

Info

UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 15007
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3149
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 04 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:06PM
Credit: Masanari Yamamoto is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Uim Uim 0.5 .0
Uim Uim 0.4.9 .0
Uim Uim 0.4.8
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Uim Uim 0.4.6
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: Uim Uim 0.5 .01
Uim Uim 0.4.9 .1

Discussion

UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness

Uim is reported prone to a privilege escalation weakness.

An attacker that has local interactive access to a system that has a vulnerable application installed may potentially exploit this weakness to escalate privileges.

This issue is reported to affect all stable versions prior to 0.4.9.1, and in development versions prior to 0.5.0.1.

Exploit / POC

UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.4.9.1 to address this issue.

Gentoo Advisory GLSA 200510-03 has been released. Please see the advisory for further details.

Mandriva has released advisory MDKSA-2005:198 to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

Debian has released advisory DSA 895-1 and fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisoru for additional information.


Uim Uim 0.4.6

Uim Uim 0.4.9 .0

Debian Linux 3.1

Debian Linux 3.1 sparc

References

UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness

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