GLSA: mindi (200309-05)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:37:17 +0200 (CEST)
From: (Daniel Ahlberg) <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org, bugtraq@securityfocus.com,
Subject: GLSA: mindi (200309-05)
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200309-05
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═ ═ ═ ═ ═ PACKAGE : mindi
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ SUMMARY : insecure file creations
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═DATE : 2003-09-02 10:37 UTC
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <mindi-0.86
═ ═ FIXED VERSION : >=mindi-0.86
═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ CVE : CAN-2003-0617
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Mindi creates files in /tmp which could allow local user to overwrite
arbitrary files.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
sys-apps/mindi upgrade to mindi-0.86 as follows:
emerge sync
emerge mindi
emerge clean
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