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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@koprulu.sector>2023-05-03 17:26:08 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202305-14">
+ <title>uptimed: Root Privilege Escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in uptimed which could result in root privilege escalation.</synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">uptimed</product>
+ <announced>2023-05-03</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2023-05-03</revised>
+ <bug>630810</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-misc/uptimed" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.4.6-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.6-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>uptimed is a system uptime record daemon that keeps track of your highest uptimes.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Via unnecessary file ownership modifications in the pkg_postinst ebuild phase, the uptimed user could change arbitrary files to be owned by the uptimed user at emerge-time.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>The uptimed user could achieve root privileges when the uptimed package is emerged.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All uptimed users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/uptimed-0.4.6-r1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36657">CVE-2020-36657</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2023-05-03T10:03:26.877508Z">ajak</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2023-05-03T10:03:26.880820Z">sam</metadata>
+</glsa> \ No newline at end of file