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Gentoo alert 200309-05 (mindi)

From:  aliz@gentoo.org (Daniel Ahlberg)
To:  gentoo-announce@gentoo.org, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
Subject:  [gentoo-announce] GLSA: mindi (200309-05)
Date:  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:37:17 +0200 (CEST)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-05 - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------           PACKAGE : mindi           SUMMARY : insecure file creations              DATE : 2003-09-02 10:37 UTC           EXPLOIT : local VERSIONS AFFECTED : <mindi-0.86     FIXED VERSION : >=mindi-0.86               CVE : CAN-2003-0617 - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mindi creates files in /tmp which could allow local user to overwrite arbitrary files. SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running sys-apps/mindi upgrade to mindi-0.86 as follows: emerge sync emerge mindi emerge clean - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://dev.gentoo.org/~aliz - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/VHLdfT7nyhUpoZMRAjnKAJ0ZvugZaxlmYi2iMiBRjg0CGsptYQCgqPtF jKnwQrfogmpyoGXbfjyRsMU= =uUAM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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