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Mandrake update for mtools
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10979
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Release Date:
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2004-02-26
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Popularity:
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6,092 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: | Mandrake Linux 9.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
MandrakeSoft has issued updated packages for mtools. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.
The problem is that "mformat" is installed setuid root. This can be exploited to create arbitrary files owned by root with "666" permissions. Also local configuration files are read with root privileges.
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