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Gentoo update for noweb
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9145
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Release Date:
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2003-06-30
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Popularity:
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6,768 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0381
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for noweb. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by a malicious, local user to escalate privileges on a vulnerable system.
The problem is that the "noroff" script creates temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited via a symlink attack and may allow a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the user invoking the script.
Solution:
Update Gentoo:
emerge sync
emerge noweb
emerge clean
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