Gentoo: GLSA-202101-11: Zabbix: Root privilege escalation
Summary
It was discovered that Gentoo's Zabbix ebuild did not properly set permissions or placed the pid file in an unsafe directory.
Resolution
All Zabbix 3.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-3.0.30:0/3.0"
All Zabbix 4.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-4.0.18:0/4.0"
All other Zabbix users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-4.4.6"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-11
Concerns
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.
Background
Zabbix is software for monitoring applications, networks, and servers.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/zabbix < 4.4.6 >= 3.0.30:0/3.0 >= 4.0.18:0/4.0
Impact
===== A local attacker could escalate privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.