Mandrake alert: Updated eroaster packages fix temporary file vulnerability

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           eroaster
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:083
Date:                   August 19th, 2003

Affected versions:	9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1
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Problem Description:

 A vulnerability was discovered in eroaster where it does not take any
 security precautions when creating a temporary file for the lockfile.
 This vulnerability could be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with
 the privileges of the user running eroaster.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0656
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Updated Packages:
  
 Corporate Server 2.1:
 381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4  corporate/2.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
 859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4  9.0/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
 859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5  9.0/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1:
 24914649a0aefd1733b474e44509baf0  9.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
 859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5  9.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security linux-mandrake.com>
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