Mandrake security alert: Updated mtools packages fix local root vulnerability

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory _______________________________________________________________________

Package name: mtools Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:016 Date: February 25th, 2004

Affected versions: 9.2 ______________________________________________________________________

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. ______________________________________________________________________

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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