635702 – <dev-db/percona-server-5.6.37.82.2-r1: root privilege escalation via "chown"

Bug 635702 - <dev-db/percona-server-5.6.37.82.2-r1: root privilege escalation via "chown"

Summary: <dev-db/percona-server-5.6.37.82.2-r1: root privilege escalation via "chown"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:
Whiteboard:	~1 [noglsa cve]
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:	CVE-2017-15945
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Reported:	2017-10-28 17:48 UTC by Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED)
Modified:	2017-10-28 18:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-10-28 17:48:01 UTC

This package uses eclasses which were vulnerable to root privilege escalation via "chown", see bug 630822 for details. The eclasses were fixed, however a rev bump is required to ensure that the vulnerability is completely removed.

Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2017-10-28 18:11:20 UTC

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=cf74863f8b3c68b028ed8ae8f33e920573c905d8

commit cf74863f8b3c68b028ed8ae8f33e920573c905d8
Author:     Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2017-10-28 18:02:07 +0000
Commit:     Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2017-10-28 18:10:46 +0000

    dev-db/percona-server: Rev bump to fix CVE-2017-15945
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/635702
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.13, Repoman-2.3.4

 .../percona-server-5.6.37.82.2-r1.ebuild           | 219 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 219 insertions(+)}

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-10-28 18:16:48 UTC

All done, repository is clean.

Added to an existing GLSA request.

Comment 3 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-10-28 18:20:58 UTC

Not added to GLSA, package was never stable.