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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-07
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          PACKAGE : lv
          SUMMARY : arbitrary command execution
             DATE : 2003-05-19 07:10 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =lv-4.49.5
              CVE : CAN-2003-0188

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Previous versions of lv read the file .lv in the current directory. 
Becuse this file could be created by other users and could contain
malicious commands to execute upon viewing certain files this is 
considered a potential local root exploit.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-text/lv upgrade to lv-4.49.5 as follows

emerge sync
emerge lv
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
nakano@gentoo.org
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Gentoo: lv arbitrary command execution vulnerability

Previous versions of lv read the file .lv in the current directory

Summary


GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-07


Previous versions of lv read the file .lv in the current directory. 
Becuse this file could be created by other users and could contain
malicious commands to execute upon viewing certain files this is 
considered a potential local root exploit.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-text/lv upgrade to lv-4.49.5 as follows

emerge sync
emerge lv
emerge clean

aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
nakano@gentoo.org

Resolution

References

Availability

Concerns

Severity
PACKAGE : lv
SUMMARY : arbitrary command execution
DATE : 2003-05-19 07:10 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =lv-4.49.5
CVE : CAN-2003-0188

Synopsis

Background

Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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