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[ GLSA 200512-18 ] XnView: Privilege escalation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thierry Carrez)
Tue Jan 3 14:35:01 2006
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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:43:42 +0100
From: Thierry Carrez <koon@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200512-18
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: XnView: Privilege escalation
Date: December 30, 2005
Bugs: #117063
ID: 200512-18
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Synopsis
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XnView may search for shared libraries in an untrusted location,
potentially allowing local users to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of another user.
Background
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XnView is an efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter,
distributed free for non-commercial use.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-misc/xnview < 1.70-r1 >= 1.70-r1
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# Package 1 only applies to x86 users.
Description
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Krzysiek Pawlik of Gentoo Linux discovered that the XnView package for
IA32 used the DT_RPATH field insecurely, causing the dynamic loader to
search for shared libraries in potentially untrusted directories.
Impact
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A local attacker could create a malicious shared object that would be
loaded and executed when a user attempted to use an XnView utility.
This would allow a malicious user to effectively hijack XnView and
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
program.
Workaround
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The system administrator may use the chrpath utility to remove the
DT_RPATH field from the XnView utilities:
# emerge app-admin/chrpath
# chrpath --delete /opt/bin/nconvert /opt/bin/nview /opt/bin/xnview
Resolution
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All XnView users on the x86 platform should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-misc/xnview-1.70-r1"
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-18.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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 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/2.0
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