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Gentoo: GLSA-200501-42 Normal: VDR Arbitrary File Overwrite

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2005
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Gentoo GLSA 200602-39 addresses a vulnerability in Samba that permits potential remote command execution. Instructions for remedying the issue are provided.
VDR insecurely accesses files with elevated privileges, which may result in the overwriting of arbitrary files.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-42 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: VDR: Arbitrary file overwriting issue Date: January 30, 2005 Bugs: #78230 ID: 200501-42

Synopsis ======= VDR insecurely accesses files with elevated privileges, which may result in the overwriting of arbitrary files.
Background ========= Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a Linux-based digital video recorder. The VDR program handles the On Screen Menu system that offers complete control over channel settings, timers and recordings.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/vdr < 1.2.6-r1 >= 1.2.6-r1
========== Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the...

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