MGASA-2020-0048 - Updated libqb packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Jan 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0048.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-12779

Insecure treatment of IPC temporary files which could allow a local
attacker to overwrite privileged system files (CVE-2019-12779).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25751
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12779

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libqb-1.0.5-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0048: libqb security update

Insecure treatment of IPC temporary files which could allow a local attacker to overwrite privileged system files (CVE-2019-12779)

Summary

Insecure treatment of IPC temporary files which could allow a local attacker to overwrite privileged system files (CVE-2019-12779).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25751

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12779

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0048 - Updated libqb packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libqb-1.0.5-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 28 Jan 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0048.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-12779

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