Mandrakelinux Advisory: ksymoops

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 11, 2004

Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory


Package name: ksymoops
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:060
Date: June 10th, 2004
Affected versions: 10.0, 9.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1


Problem Description:

Geoffrey Lee discovered a problem with the ksymoops-gznm script
distributed with Mandrakelinux. The script fails to do proper
checking when copying a file to the /tmp directory. Because of
this, a local attacker can setup a symlink to point to a file that
they do not have permission to remove. The problem is difficult to
exploit because someone with root privileges needs to run ksymoops
on a particular module for which a symlink for the same filename
already exists.


Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
fd71046851d3f6f78aed37139dba5801
10.0/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
bc77b3b817f0405fc756b774e1cd8b2b
10.0/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
0069cbfa72e078a575a61b47ae8d7db4
amd64/10.0/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
bc77b3b817f0405fc756b774e1cd8b2b
amd64/10.0/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
55e5b60446af97754617854ae007c076
corporate/2.1/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.5-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
371e1e2e5c13fe3f3d4d69f7640d62df
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.5-1.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
c7b36de07cf6e4730d19c1c70d5ae4f4
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.5-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
371e1e2e5c13fe3f3d4d69f7640d62df
x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.5-1.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1:
4d5bba5a89df40aa948d1ab109dae1fd
9.1/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.8-1.1.91mdk.i586.rpm
90dc1f924e31cb629c2be369aa369be0
9.1/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.8-1.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1/PPC:
2af8ce77771cc51c21c17f3966a80d07
ppc/9.1/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.8-1.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm
90dc1f924e31cb629c2be369aa369be0
ppc/9.1/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.8-1.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
c841d77df648a31b1c4abbef5ed81164
9.2/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
da2871cd2185de4399dca040a4917d36
9.2/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
f6e07e8051ff88692b1ecf25ca6df67c
amd64/9.2/RPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
da2871cd2185de4399dca040a4917d36
amd64/9.2/SRPMS/ksymoops-2.4.9-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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