4903 : LIDS LD_PRELOAD Capabilities Privilege Escalation
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6 months ago

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Disclosure
Jan 09, 2002

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 LIDS contains a flaw that may allow a local user to gain root privileges. The issue occurs when an attacker users LD_PRELOAD to ascertain the capabilities of any program on the system. If the program has been given CAP_SYS_RAWIO or CAP_SYS_MODULE capabalities, the attacker could disable LIDS and access arbitrary files on the system.

Classification

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

Solution

 Upgrade to version 1.1.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
LIDS Project
Watch-list
LIDS
Watch-list
 0.11.0pre1
1.1.0

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  • Stealth - TESO

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