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F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper/Linux Gateway Privilege Escalation

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SA17467

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Release Date:

2005-11-07

Last Update:

2005-12-07

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Gateway 2.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.x

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Solution:
Update to the fixed version or remove SUID bit from affected scripts.

-- Updating to fixed version --

F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux:
Update to version 2.15.484.
ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/support/hotfix/
http://www.f-secure.com/webclub/

F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Gateway:
Update to version 2.16.
http://www.f-secure.co.jp/download/

-- Removing SUID bit --

F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux:
"chmod -s /opt/f-secure/fsigk/cgi/*suid.cgi"

F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Gateway:
"chmod -s /home/virusgw/cgi/*suid.cgi"

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Tigerteam.se Security.

Changelog:
2005-12-07: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2005-3.shtml

Change Page:
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