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BEAST/BSE "seteuid()" and "setreuid()" Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25032
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Release Date:
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2007-04-30
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Popularity:
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3,696 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | BEAST/BSE 0.x
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in BEAST/BSE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to BEAST/BSE failing to check whether it has successfully dropped its privileges via "seteuid()" and "setreuid()". This can potentially be exploited to perform certain actions as the root user.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 0.7.1.
Solution:
Update to version 0.7.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://beast.gtk.org/news-file
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