The Gentoo Net-SNMP package may provide Perl modules containing an insecure DT_RPATH, potentially allowing privilege escalation.
Package | net-analyzer/net-snmp on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 5.2.1.2-r1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 5.2.1.2-r1 |
Net-SNMP is a suite of applications used to implement the Simple Network Management Protocol.
James Cloos reported that Perl modules from the Net-SNMP package look for libraries in an untrusted location. This is due to a flaw in the Gentoo package, and not the Net-SNMP suite.
A local attacker (member of the portage group) may be able to create a shared object that would be loaded by the Net-SNMP Perl modules, executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the Perl script.
Limit group portage access to trusted users.
All Net-SNMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.2.1.2-r1"
Release date
September 06, 2005
Latest revision
May 22, 2006: 02
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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