Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0304 (davfs2)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0304: Updated davfs2 packages fix CVE-2013-4362 
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Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:35:49 +0200
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MGASA-2013-0304 - Updated davfs2 packages fix CVE-2013-4362

Publication date: 11 Oct 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0304.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 2, 3
CVE: CVE-2013-4362

Description:
Updated davfs2 package fixes security vulnerability:

Davfs2, a filesystem client for WebDAV, calls the function system()
insecurely while is setuid root. This might allow a privilege escalation.
(CVE-2013-4362)

References:
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2765
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11300
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4362

SRPMS:
- 3/core/davfs2-1.4.7-3.1.mga3
- 2/core/davfs2-1.4.6-1.1.mga2