Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0195 (rocksndiamonds)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0195:  rocksndiamonds-3.3.0.1-2.1.mga
 (1, 2/core) 
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Thu, 2 Aug 2012 22:43:49 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0195
Date: 	August 2nd, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


Description:
Updated rocksndiamonds package fixes security vulnerability:

Artsoft Entertainment Rocks'n'Diamonds (aka rocksndiamonds) 3.3.0.1
allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on
.rocksndiamonds/cache/artworkinfo.cache under a user's home directory
(CVE-2011-4606).

Note: if you have previously played rocksndiamonds, you'll need to
manually fix the permissions (e.g. chmod 700 ~/.rocksndiamonds).


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
rocksndiamonds-3.3.0.1-2.1.mga1

Mageia 2:
rocksndiamonds-3.3.0.1-2.1.mga2

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4606
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6884
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...