From security@linux-mandrake.com Tue Aug 19 18:08:56 2003 From: Mandrake Linux Security Team To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: 19 Aug 2003 22:02:09 -0000 Subject: MDKSA-2003:083 - Updated eroaster packages fix temporary file vulnerability -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ________________________________________________________________________ Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________ Package name: eroaster Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:083 Date: August 19th, 2003 Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1 ________________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A vulnerability was discovered in eroaster where it does not take any security precautions when creating a temporary file for the lockfile. This vulnerability could be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running eroaster. ________________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0656 ________________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: 381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4 corporate/2.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm 859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm Mandrake Linux 9.0: 381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4 9.0/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm 859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5 9.0/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm Mandrake Linux 9.1: 24914649a0aefd1733b474e44509baf0 9.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm 859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5 9.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________ Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98 Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update. You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/ MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_linux-mandrake.com Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Qp5hmqjQ0CJFipgRAsOsAKDI6mhC6g0tVSYFqGwp0MVfKkl5OwCgwMLI DQnQBzfDA/RCEjBA5+qcHuI= =giof -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----