Gentoo: 202304-08 High: Grub Bootloader Remote Vulnerability
gentoo
February 17, 2003
Security flaws have been found in the SYSLINUX installer when running setuid root.
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-06 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE : 2003-02-17 14:40 UTC
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From syslinux changelog:
"Security flaws have been found in the SYSLINUX installer when running setuid root. Rewrite the SYSLINUX installer so it uses mtools instead. It therefore now requires mtools (specifically mcopy and mattrib) to exist on your system, but it will not require root privileges and SHOULD NOT be setuid."
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running sys-apps/syslinux upgrade to syslinux-2.02 as follows:
emerge sync emerge -u syslinux emerge clean
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PACKAGE : syslinux
SUMMARY : security issues in installer
EXPLOIT : local
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