1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200406-02 / tripwire |
| Release Date | June 04, 2004 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | local |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-admin/tripwire | <= 2.3.1.2 | >= 2.3.1.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #52945
A vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances has been found.
tripwire is an open source file integrity checker.
The code that generates email reports contains a format string vulnerability in pipedmailmessage.cpp.
With a carefully crafted filename on a local filesystem an attacker could cause execution of arbitrary code with permissions of the user running tripwire, which could be the root user.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All tripwire users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1" # emerge ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1" |