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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-05 |
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PACKAGE : gzip |
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SUMMARY : insecure temporary files |
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DATE : 2003-06-14 16:40 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <gzip-1.3.3-r2 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=gzip-1.3.3-r2 |
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CVE : CVE-1999-1332 CAN-2003-0367 |
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znew and gzexe in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite |
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arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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sys-apps/gzip upgrade to gzip-1.3.3-r2 as follows |
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emerge sync |
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emerge gzip |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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