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Bug 82148 - Security update not applied to Synaesthesia Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Summary: Security update not applied to Synaesthesia Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/10945/
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Reported: 2005-02-15 12:17 UTC by eromang
Modified: 2005-02-15 13:36 UTC (History)
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Description eromang 2005-02-15 12:17:34 UTC
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Synaesthesia, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

 1) Synaesthesia creates a configuration file with root privileges, which is writable by the users group. This can potentially be exploited to escalate privileges.

 2) Synaesthesia reads configuration and mixer files with root privileges. This can potentially be exploited to disclose sensitive information.

Solution:
Remove the setuid bit.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
Privilege escalation
Comment 1 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-02-15 13:36:29 UTC
Apparently our synaesthesia doesn't have the setuid bit. Please reopen if you disagree.