[gentoo-dev] [gentoo-announce] GLSA: libmm

[gentoo-dev] [gentoo-announce] GLSA: libmm

[Seemant Kulleen]

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GLSA: GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE         : mm - Shared Memory Abstraction library
SUMMARY         : security vulnerability in mm temp files.
DATE            : Wed Jul 31 08:44:26 UTC 2002
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OVERVIEW

There is a temp file vulnerability that can be used to gain root access on
a system running Apache.  Versions affected: dev-libs/mm-1.1.3-r1

DETAIL

PHP can be used to give the www-user shell access for systems running
Apache.  This temp file vulnerability can be exploited to use that to gain
root access.

This affects dev-libs/mm-1.1.3-r1

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4315


SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running apache
linked with mm update their systems as follows. Note, the new version will
be mm-1.2.1

emerge rsync
emerge dev-libs/mm

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aliz@gentoo.org
seemant@gentoo.org
drobbins@gentoo.org
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Seemant Kulleen
Developer and Project Co-ordinator,
Gentoo Linux					http://www.gentoo.org/~seemant
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