CVE-2014-0476: Input Validation
First published: Sat Oct 25 2014(Updated: )
The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.
Credit: security@debian.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Chkrootkit Chkrootkit | <=0.49 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =13.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 |
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Reference Links
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/107710
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkrootkit-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.chkrootkit.org/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2230-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38775/
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/chkrootkit
- canonical/chkrootkit chkrootkit
- version/chkrootkit chkrootkit/0.49
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/10.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/13.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04