10080 : chroot_safe NEED_SETUID_WRAP Unspecified Privilege Escalation
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10 months ago

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90%

Disclosure

Sep 11, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

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Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

chroot_safe contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered due to the NEED_SETUID_WRAP option, which mistakenly nullifies setuid() and similar calls for the application as well as chroot_safe itself. Calls made to certain functions would not properly drop privileges allowing potential privilege escalation.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Henrik Nordstrom

chroot_safe

1.2

References

Vendor URL: http://chrootsafe.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=267245

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