Driverse May Let Local Users Invoke ptrace() to Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1015252 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1015252
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Nov 22 2005
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Impact:
User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.56b
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Driverse. A local user may be able to gain elevated privileges.
The software allows a local user to invoke ptrace to gain potentially elevated privileges.
Some other unspecified security vulnerabilites exist.
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Impact:
A local user may be able to gain elevated privileges.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (0.56b), available at:
http://lightless.org/files/driverse.tar.gz
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Vendor URL: lightless.org/other (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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