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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202411-03
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 Severity: High
    Title: Ubiquiti UniFi: Privilege Escalation
     Date: November 06, 2024
     Bugs: #941922
       ID: 202411-03
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Ubiquiti UniFi, which can lead to
local privilege escalation.
Background
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Ubiquiti UniFi is a Management Controller for Ubiquiti Networks UniFi
APs.
Affected packages
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Package             Vulnerable    Unaffected
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net-wireless/unifi  < 8.5.6       >= 8.5.6
Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Ubiquiti UniFi. Please review the
CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
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The vulnerability allows a malicious actor with a local operational
system user to execute high privilege actions on UniFi Network Server.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Ubiquiti UniFi users should upgrade to the latest version:
  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/unifi-8.5.6"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-42028
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42028
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202411-03
Concerns?
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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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5