- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability Date: October 04, 2005 Bugs: #107748 ID: 200510-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Under certain conditions, applications linked against Uim suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability. Background ========== Uim is a multilingual input method library which provides secure and useful input method for all languages. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-i18n/uim < 0.4.9.1 >= 0.4.9.1 Description =========== Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid applications are linked to libuim. This bug only affects immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with USE="immqt" or USE="immqt-bc"). Impact ====== A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Uim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-i18n/uim-0.4.9.1" References ========== [ 1 ] Original advisory http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-03.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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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