Gentoo: 200306-16 Critical Insecure Noweb Files Local Exploit
gentoo
July 1, 2003
Multiple vulnerabilities in noweb 2.9 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via multiple vectors including the norof...
Summary
GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-16
quote from cve: "Multiple vulnerabilities in noweb 2.9 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via multiple vectors including the noroff script."
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-text/noweb upgrade to noweb-2.9-r3 as follows
emerge sync emerge noweb emerge clean
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at
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PACKAGE : noweb
SUMMARY : insecure temporary file creations
DATE : 2003-06-28 20:23 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =noweb-2.9-r3
CVE : CAN-2003-0381
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