Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0155 (menu-cache)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0155: Updated menu-cache packages fix security vulnerability 
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Sun, 4 Jun 2017 01:36:27 +0200
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MGASA-2017-0155 - Updated menu-cache packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 03 Jun 2017
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0155.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2017-8933

Description:
Libmenu-cache 1.0.2 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a
local user to cause a denial of service (menu unavailability).
(CVE-2017-8933)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20865
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/15/3
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8933

SRPMS:
- 5/core/menu-cache-1.0.0-5.1.mga5