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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-214

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-214
Posted Oct 17, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - 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. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-4477
SHA-256 | 1b7353f80994299ce147c83851bb1430f0db0b977417ba9942402895e8ad999d

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-214

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:214
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : mon
Date : October 16, 2008
Affected: Corporate 3.0
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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.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4477
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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
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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
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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