Bug#329156: /usr/sbin/gnome-pty-helper: writes arbitrary utmp records

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 11:05:10AM +1000, Paul Szabo wrote:

> >> gnome-pty-helper can be made to write utmp/wtmp records with arbitrary
> >> DISPLAY (host) settings. I am not sure if it can be tricked into erasing
> >> existing records.

> > Why is this filed at severity: critical?  What is the attack vector here
> > which permits root privilege escalation?

> I do not know any root escalation methods. When using reportbug, those
> options seemed to fit best, apologies if they were not; please change if
> appropriate. (For future reference: which options should I have used
> instead?)

Hmm... After rereading the definition at
<http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities>, I guess there's no reason
for this bug to not fall under the description of 'critical', since the
security hole is present just from the installation of the package.

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon at debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/
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