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.
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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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