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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-06 |
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PACKAGE : syslinux |
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SUMMARY : security issues in installer |
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DATE : 2003-02-17 14:40 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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- From syslinux changelog: |
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"Security flaws have been found in the SYSLINUX installer when running |
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setuid root. Rewrite the SYSLINUX installer so it uses mtools instead. |
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It therefore now requires mtools (specifically mcopy and mattrib) to |
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exist on your system, but it will not require root privileges and |
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SHOULD NOT be setuid." |
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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/syslinux upgrade to syslinux-2.02 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -u syslinux |
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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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