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Security Advisory (MDKSA-2004:016): mtools


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MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:016 : mtools

 

February 25th, 2004

Updated mtools packages fix local root vulnerability

 

Sebastian Krahmer found that the mformat program, when installed suid root, can create any file with 0666 permissions as root, and that it also does not drop privileges when reading local configuration files.

 

The updated packages remove the suid bit from mformat.

 

 

The released versions of Mandrake GNU/Linux affected are:

  • 9.2
  • 9.2/AMD64

Full information about this advisory, including the updated packages, is available at:

www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:016

 

Posted automatically by aru (mdksec2mub v0.0.8)

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