Mandrake alert: Updated eroaster packages fix temporary file vulnerability

Posted by dave on Aug 19, 2003 2:04 PM EDT
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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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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: eroaster Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:083 Date: August 19th, 2003

Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1 ________________________________________________________________________

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. ________________________________________________________________________

References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0656 ________________________________________________________________________

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 ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

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