Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-3149 - Unspecified vulnerability in UIM

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
uim
nessus

Summary

Uim 0.4.x before 0.4.9.1 and 0.5.0 and earlier does not properly handle the LIBUIM_VANILLA environment variable when a suid or sgid application is linked to libuim, such as immodule for Qt, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Uim
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200510-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-03 (Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability) 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=
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id19849
    published2005-10-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19849
    titleGLSA-200510-03 : Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-03.
    #
    # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
    # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
    # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(19849);
      script_version("1.14");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3149");
      script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200510-03");
    
      script_name(english:"GLSA-200510-03 : Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-03
    (Uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability)
    
        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."
      );
      # http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-03"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "All Uim users should upgrade to the latest version:
        # emerge --sync
        # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-i18n/uim-0.4.9.1'"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:uim");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/10/04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/10/05");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("qpkg.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (qpkg_check(package:"app-i18n/uim", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.4.9.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.4.9.1"))) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = qpkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Uim");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-895.NASL
    descriptionMasanari Yamamoto discovered incorrect use of environment variables in uim, a flexible input method collection and library, that could lead to escalated privileges in setuid/setgid applications linked to libuim. Affected in Debian is at least mlterm.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id22761
    published2006-10-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22761
    titleDebian DSA-895-1 : uim - programming error
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2005-198.NASL
    descriptionMasanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid applications are linked to libuim. The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id20436
    published2006-01-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20436
    titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : uim (MDKSA-2005:198)