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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201806-03">
  <title>BURP: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in BURP's Gentoo ebuild,
    the worst of which could lead to root privilege escalation.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">burp</product>
  <announced>2018-06-13</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-06-13</revised>
  <bug>628770</bug>
  <bug>641842</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-backup/burp" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.1.32</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.32</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>A network backup and restore program.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that Gentoo’s BURP ebuild does not properly set
      permissions or place the pid file in a safe directory.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could escalate privileges.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>Users should ensure the proper permissions are set as discussed in the
      referenced bugs.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All BURP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-backup/burp-2.1.32"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18284">CVE-2017-18284</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18285">CVE-2017-18285</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-05-29T13:34:12Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-06-13T20:55:37Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>