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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE :at |
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SUMMARY :Local vulnerability allows an attacker to obtain root |
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privileges |
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DATE :2002-01-20 01:40:00 |
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OVERVIEW |
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Zen-parse found a bug in the current implementation of at which leads |
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into a heap corruption vulnerability which in turn could potentially |
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lead into an exploit of the daemon user. |
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DETAIL |
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None |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all at users apply the update |
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Portage Auto: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge update |
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emerge update --world |
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Portage by hand: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge sys-apps/at |
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Manually: |
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Download the new at package here and follow in file instructions: |
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http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/at/at_3.1.8-11.tar.gz |
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Ferry Meyndert |
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m0rpheus@×××××××××××××.nu |
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