Security
Security
Multiple packages suffer from RUNPATH issues that may allow users in the "portage" group to escalate privileges.
| Package | dev-lang/perl on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 5.8.7-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 5.8.7-r1 revision >= 5.8.6-r6 |
| Package | dev-db/qt-unixODBC on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 3.3.4-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 3.3.4-r1 |
| Package | dev-util/cmake on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.2.0-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.2.0-r1 revision >= 2.0.6-r1 |
Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry Wall. Qt-UnixODBC is an ODBC library for Qt. CMake is a cross-platform build environment.
Some packages may introduce insecure paths into the list of directories that are searched for libraries at runtime. Furthermore, packages depending on the MakeMaker Perl module for build configuration may have incorrectly copied the LD_RUN_PATH into the DT_RPATH.
A local attacker, who is a member of the "portage" group, could create a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory that would be loaded at runtime by a dependent executable, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
Only grant "portage" group rights to trusted users.
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl
All Qt-UnixODBC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/qt-unixODBC-3.3.4-r1"
All CMake users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-util/cmake