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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-45
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Facter: Privilege escalation
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #514476
ID: 201412-45

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Synopsis
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An untrusted search path vulnerability in Facter could lead to local
privilege escalation.

Background
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Facter is a cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from
operating systems.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-ruby/facter < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6

Description
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Facter includes the current working directory in the search path.

Impact
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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Facter users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-ruby/facter-1.7.6”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3248
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3248

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-45.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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