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TITLE:
rPath rMake Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27030

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27030/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in rPath rMake, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a Denial of Service
(DoS) or potentially to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the rMake build tool incorrectly
creating the device name "/dev/zero" with the device numbers of the
"/dev/port" device. This can be exploited to gain read-write access
to "/dev/port".

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.11. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to:

rmake=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.0.11.1-2-0.1
rmake-proxy=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.0.11.1-2-0.1
rmake-repos=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.0.11.1-2-0.1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-October/000256.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RMK-634

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