1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200409-17 / SUS |
| Release Date | September 14, 2004 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | local |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-admin/sus | < 2.0.2-r1 | >= 2.0.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #63927
SUS contains a string format bug that could lead to local privilege escalation.
SUS is a utility that allows regular users to be able to execute certain commands as root.
Leon Juranic found a bug in the logging functionality of SUS that can lead to local privilege escalation. A format string vulnerability exists in the log() function due to an incorrect call to the syslog() function.
An attacker with local user privileges can potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain root access.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All SUS users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1" # emerge ">=app-admin/sus-2.0.2-r1" |