news 28 Posted October 16, 2008 This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1224187210-14940-826 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:214 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : mon Date : October 16, 2008 Affected: Corporate 3.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Dmitry E. Oboukhov found that the test.alert script used in one of the alert functions in mon created temporary files insecurely, which could lead to a local denial of service or arbitrary file overwrite via a symlink attack (CVE-2008-4477). The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4477 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Corporate 3.0: 876ccdda7a9bb7c15a748ddbd0c309d8 corporate/3.0/i586/mon-0.99.2-4.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm d08d7841919e4deaba2ac741ac7bce85 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/mon-0.99.2-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm Corporate 3.0/X86_64: 4e9cd4af947483a388c192b903fcac40 corporate/3.0/x86_64/mon-0.99.2-4.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm d08d7841919e4deaba2ac741ac7bce85 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/mon-0.99.2-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI93LgmqjQ0CJFipgRAjIaAKDSlX9DTXaS7pT47+WjNSbvLLBcUQCglilH PFde0HHL3kTMyT93wXWWGm0= =wdcc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------=_1224187210-14940-826 Content-Type: text/plain; name="message-footer.txt" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message-footer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To unsubscribe, send a email to sympa ( -at -) mandrivalinux.org with this subject : unsubscribe security-announce _______________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://www.mandrivastore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com _______________________________________________________ ------------=_1224187210-14940-826-- Share this post Link to post
