Date: 19 Aug 2003 22:02:09 -0000
From: Mandrake Linux Security Team <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: MDKSA-2003:083 - Updated eroaster packages fix temporary file vulnerability
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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: eroaster
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:083
Date: August 19th, 2003
Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability was discovered in eroaster where it does not take any
security precautions when creating a temporary file for the lockfile.
This vulnerability could be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with
the privileges of the user running eroaster.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0656
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Updated Packages:
Corporate Server 2.1:
381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4 corporate/2.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm
Mandrake Linux 9.0:
381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4 9.0/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5 9.0/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm
Mandrake Linux 9.1:
24914649a0aefd1733b474e44509baf0 9.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5 9.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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