Gentoo: 200308-03.1 Moderate: Insecure Symlink in VMware
gentoo
September 1, 2003
The previous GLSA 200308-03 was wrong when it stated thatvmware-workstation-4.0.1-5289 would fix the problems described in theadvisory.
Summary
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The previous GLSA 200308-03 was wrong when it stated that vmware-workstation-4.0.1-5289 would fix the problems described in the advisory.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.x upgrade to vmware-workstation-4.0.1-5289 as follows
emerge sync emerge \=app-emulation/vmware-workstation/vmware-workstation-4.0.2.5592 emerge clean
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� � � � � PACKAGE : vmware
� � � � � SUMMARY : insecure symbolic links
� � � � � � �DATE : 2003-09-01 13:42 UTC
� � � � � EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =vmware-workstation-4.0.2.5592
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