Unpatched Local Root On CentOS 5?

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Hi List,

Looks like this affects on CentOS 5 and is unpatched like on rhel 5?

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873

Trying to test if this affects on CentOS 5. can someone compile this exploit on CentOS 5?
https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/roothelper.c

any ideas how to compile it on CentOS 5?

6 thoughts on - Unpatched Local Root On CentOS 5?

  • Red Hat says 2 things in that article:

    1. It impacts RHEL5 (so also CentOS5)

    2. They are NOT fixing it, at least not now.

    This is NOT the FIRST security update where this has happened.

    I would recommend you upgrade to CentOS-6 or CentOS-7 for all workloads that you can.

    Thanks, Johnny Hughes

  • well, very sad to hear as I use commercial rhel 5 and paying for it..

    Eero

    2015-08-13 19:57 GMT+03:00 Johnny Hughes :

  • AND, I would open a support ticket saying you are concerned with your RHEL-5 security if you are using libuser on a RHEL-5 supported machine.

  • Sound very weird, that supported os is not patched. is the list of non patched security issues in rhel 5 / CentOS 5