GLSA 200409-11: star: Suid root vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	star: Suid root vulnerability
Date:	09/07/2004
Bugs:	#61797
ID:	200409-11

Synopsis

star contains a suid root vulnerability which could potentially grant unauthorized root access to an attacker.

Background

star is an enhanced tape archiver, much like tar, that is recognized for it's speed as well as it's enhanced mt/rmt support.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-arch/star	< 1.5_alpha46	>= 1.5_alpha46	All supported architectures

Description

A suid root vulnerability exists in versions of star that are configured to use ssh for remote tape access.

Impact

Attackers with local user level access could potentially gain root level access.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All star users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46"
    # emerge ">=app-arch/star-1.5_alpha46"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-11.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.