[ GLSA 200510-03 ] Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability (GLSA 200510-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: October 04, 2005
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #107748
ID: 200510-03

Synopsis


Under certain conditions, applications linked against Uim suffer from a
privilege escalation vulnerability.


Background


Uim is a multilingual input method library which provides secure and
useful input method for all languages.


Affected Packages

Package: app-i18n/uim
Vulnerable: < 0.4.9.1
Unaffected: >= 0.4.9.1
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables
incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid
applications are linked to libuim. This bug only affects
immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with
USE="immqt" or USE="immqt-bc").


Impact


A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code with escalated privileges.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All Uim users should upgrade to the latest version: