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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-122

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-122
Posted Jun 12, 2014
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-122 - The chkrootkit script contains a flaw that allows a local attacker to create an executable in /tmp that will be run by the user running chkrootkit, allowing the attacker to escalate privileges.

tags | advisory, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-0476
SHA-256 | 3e7d73d263162ed54908af5486e530dcf8a03564ed24684a8b26a9b7f5160756

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-122

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:122
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : chkrootkit
Date : June 11, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated chkrootkit package fixes security vulnerability:

The chkrootkit script contains a flaw that allows a local attacker
to create an executable in /tmp that will be run by the user running
chkrootkit (usually root), allowing the attacker to escalate privileges
(CVE-2014-0476).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0476
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0249.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
d190fa8ecd5e960e349b3d9b7839f910 mbs1/x86_64/chkrootkit-0.49-6.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
5f4359e94c79ed45b1d64350932b93a3 mbs1/SRPMS/chkrootkit-0.49-6.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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