Gentoo: 'eroaster' temporary file vulnerability
Previous eroaster versions allowwed local users to overwrite arbitraryfiles via a symlink attack on a temporary file that is used as a lockfile.
Summary
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Previous eroaster versions allowwed local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file that is used as a lockfile.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-cdr/eroaster upgrade to eroaster-2.1.0-r2 as follows:
emerge sync emerge eroaster emerge clean
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Resolution
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Severity
PACKAGE : eroaster
SUMMARY : symlink attack
DATE : 2003-09-02 09:57 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =eroaster-2.1.0-r2
CVE : CAN-2003-0656
Background
