GLSA 200406-02: tripwire: Format string vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	tripwire: Format string vulnerability
Date:	06/04/2004
Bugs:	#52945
ID:	200406-02

Synopsis

A vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances has been found.

Background

tripwire is an open source file integrity checker.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/tripwire	<= 2.3.1.2	>= 2.3.1.2-r1	All supported architectures

Description

The code that generates email reports contains a format string vulnerability in pipedmailmessage.cpp.

Impact

With a carefully crafted filename on a local filesystem an attacker could cause execution of arbitrary code with permissions of the user running tripwire, which could be the root user.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All tripwire users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1"
    # emerge ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-02.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.