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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202412-11 ] OATH Toolkit: Privilege Escalation

Posted on 07 December 2024
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202412-11
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: OATH Toolkit: Privilege Escalation
Date: December 07, 2024
Bugs: #940778
ID: 202412-11

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Synopsis
========
A vulnerability has been discovered in OATH Toolkit, which could lead to
local root privilege escalation.

Background
==========
OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password
authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line
tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the event-based
HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm (RFC 6238), and
Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to manage secret key
data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the organization
that specify the algorithms.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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sys-auth/oath-toolkit < 2.6.12 >= 2.6.12

Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in OATH Toolkit. Please review the
CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All OATH Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/oath-toolkit-2.6.12"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-47191
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47191

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-11

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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