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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-5 |
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PACKAGE : exim |
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SUMMARY : local root vulnerability |
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DATE : 2002-12-16 16:12 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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- From advisory: |
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"This is a format string bug in daemon.c, line 976: |
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sprintf(CS buff, CS pid_file_path, ""); /* Backward compatibility */ |
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pid_file_path can be changed on the command line. |
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This line is in the function daemon_go(), which only |
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gets executed when the user is an exim-admin-user." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103903403527788&w=2 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-mail/exim-4.05 and earlier update their systems as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge exim |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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