hf Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:32421

Info

hf Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32421
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2378
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 22 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 24 2008 06:13PM
Credit: Steve Kemp
Vulnerable: Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Debian hf 0.7.3
Debian hf 0.8
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

hf Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The 'hf' package is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker may exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges.

This issue affects hf 0.7.3 and 0.8; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

hf Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available command-line tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

hf Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available; please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 4.0 amd64

Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 4.0 arm

Debian Linux 4.0 hppa

Debian Linux 4.0 sparc

Debian Linux 4.0 s/390

Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 4.0 alpha

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 4.0 mips

References

hf Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

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