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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200308-02
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          PACKAGE : semi
          SUMMARY : insecure temporary files creation
             DATE : 2003-08-14 19:30 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =semi-1.14.5-r1
              CVE : CAN-2003-0440

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quote from CVE:

"The (1) semi MIME library 1.14.5 and earlier, and (2) wemi 1.14.0 and
possibly other versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files
via a symlink attack on temporary files."

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-emacs/semi upgrade to semi-1.14.5-r1 as follows

emerge sync
emerge semi
emerge clean

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

Gentoo: semi Insecure temp files

The (1) semi MIME library 1.14.5 and earlier, and (2) wemi 1.14.0 andpossibly other versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary filesvia a symlink attack on temporary files...

Summary


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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200308-02
- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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quote from CVE:

"The (1) semi MIME library 1.14.5 and earlier, and (2) wemi 1.14.0 and
possibly other versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files
via a symlink attack on temporary files."

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-emacs/semi upgrade to semi-1.14.5-r1 as follows

emerge sync
emerge semi
emerge clean

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

Resolution

References

Availability

Concerns

Severity
PACKAGE : semi
SUMMARY : insecure temporary files creation
DATE : 2003-08-14 19:30 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =semi-1.14.5-r1
CVE : CAN-2003-0440

Synopsis

Background

Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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