Gentoo alert 200309-04 (eroaster)

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aliz@gentoo.org (Daniel Ahlberg)
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[gentoo-announce] GLSA:  eroaster (200309-04)
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Tue,  2 Sep 2003 11:57:49 +0200 (CEST)

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-04
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          PACKAGE : eroaster
          SUMMARY : symlink attack
             DATE : 2003-09-02 09:57 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <eroaster-2.1.0-r2
    FIXED VERSION : >=eroaster-2.1.0-r2
              CVE : CAN-2003-0656

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Previous eroaster versions allowwed local users to overwrite arbitrary 
files via a symlink attack on a temporary file that is used as a lockfile.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-cdr/eroaster upgrade to eroaster-2.1.0-r2 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge eroaster
emerge clean

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