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Gentoo update for eroaster
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9655
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Release Date:
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2003-09-02
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Popularity:
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6,959 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-2003-0656
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for eroaster. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
The problem is that eroaster creates a temporary lockfile in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running eroaster.
Solution:
Update Gentoo:
emerge sync
emerge eroaster
emerge clean
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