Bug 180724 - CVE-2006-0576 Arbitrary code execution via OProfile
Summary: CVE-2006-0576 Arbitrary code execution via OProfile
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: oprofile
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
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Assignee: William Cohen
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-02-09 20:56 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: FC5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-09-22 02:11:59 UTC
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Description Josh Bressers 2006-02-09 20:56:19 UTC 
Arbitrary code execution via OProfile

A bug has been discovered in OProfile's opcontrol command.  By setting
PATH to point at certain malicious scripts, it is possible to execute
arbitrary commands as root.

We don't ship opcontrol setuid, but if a user has the ability to run
opcontrol via sudo, this issue can be leveraged.

It should be noted that untrusted users should not be given sudo
access, which seriously mitigates the potential damage this issue can
cause.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=113935237519964&w=2
Comment 1 William Cohen 2006-02-10 15:30:32 UTC 
There was some discussion on the oprofile mailing list to fix this. The
resulting patch from the upstream oprofile has been backported to the RHEL3
oprofile. Should be in oprofile 0.8.1-22.
Comment 2 William Cohen 2006-02-10 15:33:18 UTC 
that should be oprofile 0.5.4-23.
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2006-09-22 02:11:59 UTC 
Closing bugs in MODIFIED state from prior Fedora releases. If this bug persists
in a current Fedora release (such as Fedora Core 5 or later), please reopen and
set the version appropriately.
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