Gentoo: 200306-04 Critical: LPRng Exploit of Symlink Attack
gentoo
June 14, 2003
psbanner in the LPRng package allows local users to overwrite arbitraryfiles via a symbolic link attack on the /tmp/before file.
Summary
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psbanner in the LPRng package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symbolic link attack on the /tmp/before file.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-print/lprng upgrade to lprng-3.8.12-r1 as follows
emerge sync emerge lprng emerge clean
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PACKAGE : lprng
SUMMARY : symbolic link attack
DATE : 2003-06-14 15:35 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =lprng-3.8.12-r1
CVE : CAN-2003-0136
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