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------------------------------------------------------------------------\nDebian Security Advisory DSA-1500-1 security@debian.org\nhttp://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp\nFebruary 21, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq\n- ------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nPackage : splitvt\nVulnerability : privilege escalation\nProblem type : local\nDebian-specific: no\nCVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0162\n\nMike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a\nsplit screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'.\nThis could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp.\n\nFor the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version\n1.6.5-9etch1.\n\nFor the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in\nversion 1.6.6-4.\n\nWe recommend that you upgrade your splitvt package.\n\n\nUpgrade instructions\n- --------------------\n\nwget url\n will fetch the file for you\ndpkg -i file.deb\n will install the referenced file.\n\nIf you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for\nsources.list as given below:\n\napt-get update\n will update the internal database\napt-get upgrade\n will install corrected packages\n\nYou may use an automated update by adding the resources from the\nfooter to the proper configuration.\n\n\nDebian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch\n- -------------------------------\n\nSource archives:\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1.dsc\n Size/MD5 checksum: 602 38c5d340fe95abbd78edfa806618fce8\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1.diff.gz\n Size/MD5 checksum: 10746 ea95a61da623237d715e5b1fdce9e92a\n\nalpha architecture (DEC Alpha)\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_alpha.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 41314 06622ad249f48ee2009f03ef1b4ba1ad\n\namd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_amd64.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 37754 dd591bff5b03378ab225dbf41648e037\n\nhppa architecture (HP PA RISC)\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_hppa.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 38398 f9c5dc35197dcd1b8a2843a29c200bbb\n\ni386 architecture (Intel ia32)\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_i386.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 34754 70d76970fb5017197c78861c4d070cab\n\nia64 architecture (Intel ia64)\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_ia64.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 50166 d2328ca3f1d1114cc9a2497d59e0ff9a\n\nmips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_mips.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 39434 3205ddfd371fd0edd5175333a5c94c1b\n\npowerpc architecture (PowerPC)\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_powerpc.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 37800 7c8d9c7f20e4a4fc92531f0a5cd7bb26\n\ns390 architecture (IBM S/390)\n\n http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/splitvt/splitvt_1.6.5-9etch1_s390.deb\n Size/MD5 checksum: 37854 9c39d0109f6600022862c3ee6d1fb0c8\n\n\n These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on\n its next update.\n\n- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFor apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main\nFor dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main\nMailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org\nPackage info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>\n", "modified": "2008-02-21T20:23:13", "published": "2008-02-21T20:23:13", "id": "DEBIAN:DSA-1500-1:A0953", "href": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2008/msg00064.html", "title": "[SECURITY] [DSA 1500-1] New splitvt packages fix privilege escalation", "type": "debian", "cvss": {"score": 7.2, "vector": "AV:LOCAL/AC:LOW/Au:NONE/C:COMPLETE/I:COMPLETE/A:COMPLETE/"}}], "gentoo": [{"lastseen": "2016-09-06T19:46:58", "bulletinFamily": "unix", "description": "### Background\n\nSplitVT is a program for splitting terminals into two shells. \n\n### Description\n\nMike Ashton reported that SplitVT does not drop group privileges before executing the xprop utility. \n\n### Impact\n\nA local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain the \"utmp\" group privileges. \n\n### Workaround\n\nThere is no known workaround at this time. \n\n### Resolution\n\nAll SplitVT users should upgrade to the latest version: \n \n \n # emerge --sync\n # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose \">=app-misc/splitvt-1.6.6-r1\"", "modified": "2008-03-03T00:00:00", "published": "2008-03-03T00:00:00", "id": "GLSA-200803-05", "href": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-05", "type": "gentoo", "title": "SplitVT: Privilege escalation", "cvss": {"score": 7.2, "vector": "AV:LOCAL/AC:LOW/Au:NONE/C:COMPLETE/I:COMPLETE/A:COMPLETE/"}}]}
