- - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-012 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : sharutils SUMMARY : inadequate checks on user-specified output files DATE : 2002-10-30 14:10 UTC EXPLOIT : local - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- The uudecode utility would create an output file without checking to see if it was about to write to a symlink or a pipe. If a user uses uudecode to extract data into open shared directories, such as /tmp, this vulnerability could be used by a local attacker to overwrite files or lead to privilege escalation. Read the full advisory at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083 SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running sys-apps/sharutils-4.2.1-r5 and earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge sharutils emerge clean - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- [email protected] - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-013 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : pam_ldap SUMMARY : format string attack DATE : 2002-10-30 22:10 UTC EXPLOIT : local - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Versions 143 and earlier of the pam_ldap module are vulnerable to a format string attack. A local attacker could supply a malicious format string when opening a configuration file, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges. SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-libs/pam_ldap-134-r1 and earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge pam_ldap emerge clean - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- [email protected] - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz - - --------------------------------------------------------------------
Gentoo Secure Linux Advisories: sharutils, pam_ldap
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