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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
==========

Ubiquiti UniFi is a Management Controller for Ubiquiti Networks UniFi
APs.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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net-wireless/unifi < 8.5.6 >= 8.5.6

Description
===========

A vulnerability has been discovered in Ubiquiti UniFi. Please review the
CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
======

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
==========

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 security@gentoo.org 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
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