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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0c81a77ef276 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200612-15"> + <title>McAfee VirusScan: Insecure DT_RPATH</title> + <synopsis> + McAfee VirusScan for Linux is distributed with an insecure DT_RPATH, + potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">vlnx</product> + <announced>2006-12-14</announced> + <revised>2006-12-14: 01</revised> + <bug>156989</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-antivirus/vlnx" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">4510e</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + McAfee VirusScan for Linux is a commercial antivirus solution for + Linux. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Jakub Moc of Gentoo Linux discovered that McAfee VirusScan was + distributed with an insecure DT_RPATH which included the current + working directory, rather than $ORIGIN which was probably intended. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a VirusScan user to scan an arbitrary file and + execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the VirusScan user by + tricking the dynamic loader into loading an untrusted ELF DSO. An + automated system, such as a mail scanner, may be subverted to execute + arbitrary code with the privileges of the process invoking VirusScan. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not scan files or execute VirusScan from an untrusted working + directory. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + As VirusScan verifies that it has not been modified before executing, + it is not possible to correct the DT_RPATH. Furthermore, this would + violate the license that VirusScan is distributed under. For this + reason, the package has been masked in Portage pending the resolution + of this issue. + </p> + <code> + # emerge --ask --verbose --unmerge "app-antivirus/vlnx"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6474">CVE-2006-6474</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-12-11T18:55:04Z"> + taviso + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-12-11T21:23:39Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |