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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-012 |
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PACKAGE : sharutils |
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SUMMARY : inadequate checks on user-specified output files |
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DATE : 2002-10-30 14:10 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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The uudecode utility would create an output file without checking |
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to see if it was about to write to a symlink or a pipe. If a |
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user uses uudecode to extract data into open shared directories, |
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such as /tmp, this vulnerability could be used by a local attacker |
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to overwrite files or lead to privilege escalation. |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083 |
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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/sharutils-4.2.1-r5 and earlier update their systems as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge sharutils |
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emerge clean |
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