Star Has Unspecified Flaw That May Let Local Users Gain Root Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1011195
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
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CVE Reference: CAN-2004-0850
(Links to External Site)
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OSVDB Reference: 9778
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Sep 26 2004
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Original Entry Date: Sep 8 2004
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Impact: Root access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.5a09 - 1.5a45
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Star. A local user may be able to gain root privileges.
The vendor reported that when ssh is used for remote tape access (and the application is configured with set user id 'root' user privileges), there exists a vulnerability in Star that may allow a local user to obtain root privileges.
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Impact: A local user may be able to obtain root access.
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Solution: The vendor has released a fixed version (1.5a46), available at:
http://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily/star/alpha/
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Vendor URL: ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily/star/README (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Not specified
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Reported By: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:16:13 +0200
From: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
Subject: [Star-users] Vulnerability for suid root star
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A problem exists for all star versions that
did support to use ssh for remote tape access.
The problem is present in star-1.5a09 ... star-1.5a45
Please upgrade to star-1.5a46
Jörg
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EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin
js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) If you don't have iso-8859-1
schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) chars I am J"org Schilling
URL: http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/usr/schilling ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily
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