full-disclosure - MDKSA-2004:016 - Updated mtools packages fix local root vulnerability

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From: security at linux-mandrake.com (Mandrake Linux Security Team)
Subject: MDKSA-2004:016 - Updated mtools packages fix local root vulnerability

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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 Package name:           mtools
 Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2004:016
 Date:                   February 25th, 2004

 Affected versions:	 9.2
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 Problem Description:

 Sebastian Krahmer found that the mformat program, when installed
 suid root, can create any file with 0666 permissions as root, and that
 it also does not drop privileges when reading local configuration
 files.

 The updated packages remove the suid bit from mformat.
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandrake Linux 9.2:
 92f97fa2f63b3bcb1f657c919152381e  9.2/RPMS/mtools-3.9.9-2.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
 4346ec1081a440772fa3f40f9d07632d  9.2/SRPMS/mtools-3.9.9-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.2/AMD64:
 11cde05b045fcf389c276199589c051d  amd64/9.2/RPMS/mtools-3.9.9-2.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
 4346ec1081a440772fa3f40f9d07632d  amd64/9.2/SRPMS/mtools-3.9.9-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm
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