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GLSA: GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : mm - Shared Memory Abstraction library
SUMMARY : security vulnerability in mm temp files.
DATE : Wed Jul 31 08:44:26 UTC 2002
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OVERVIEW
There is a temp file vulnerability that can be used to gain root access on
a system running Apache. Versions affected: dev-libs/mm-1.1.3-r1
DETAIL
PHP can be used to give the www-user shell access for systems running
Apache. This temp file vulnerability can be exploited to use that to gain
root access.
This affects dev-libs/mm-1.1.3-r1
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4315
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running apache
linked with mm update their systems as follows. Note, the new version will
be mm-1.2.1
emerge rsync
emerge dev-libs/mm
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seemant@g.o
drobbins@g.o
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Seemant Kulleen
Developer and Project Co-ordinator,
Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/~seemant
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