news 28 Posted February 26, 2009 This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1235662929-6173-1610 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:057 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : valgrind Date : February 26, 2009 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind: Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario. (CVE-2008-4865) The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4865 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.0: 7d2fdce148a8c9883262ff3d6b2cf843 2008.0/i586/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1 2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64: dfe5025371c9dc804b71e84081a62743 2008.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1 2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1: c8df0a495d0d70b8dd619044440037e2 2008.1/i586/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255 2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64: 2e16854eec6bc05f5a6d39e1fef120be 2008.1/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255 2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0: c61e803ffafdcfbf889b604dec79fa4e 2009.0/i586/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b 2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64: b0b4fecae9ffd5613c4ebfcb369ba23f 2009.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b 2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.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) iD8DBQFJpos8mqjQ0CJFipgRArW7AKCD5t24AcyIloyEvYt2XIdj84BnSACg6y47 jVLQtGJ6WmVL1iMqQEPQ8lA= =9zCC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------=_1235662929-6173-1610 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 _______________________________________________________ ------------=_1235662929-6173-1610-- Share this post Link to post
