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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-241

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-241
Posted Dec 30, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-241 - Multiple symlink attacks affect MailScanner Corporate 4.0.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-5140, CVE-2008-5312, CVE-2008-5313
MD5 | fa23ebb57a8e8a18bf38aad0896ee16c

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-241

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVA-2008:241
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : mailscanner
Date : December 22, 2008
Affected: Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:

Local users can use symlink attacks throughout a flaw on
trend-autoupdate script of MailScanner by using /tmp/opr.ini.#####
or /tmp/lpt temporary file (CVE-2008-5140).

Local users can use symlink attacks throughout flaws on
clamav-autoupdate, panda-autoupdate and rav-autoupdate scripts of
MailScanner by using ClamAV.update.log, pav.zip and RavBusy.lock
temporary files (CVE-2008-5312).

Local users can use symlink attacks throughout flaws on
kaspersky-wrapper, bitdefender-wrapper, rav-wrapper scripts and
Quarentine.pm, TNEF.pm, SA.pm, WorkArea.pm MailScanner perl modules
by using kavoutput.tmp.27073, log.bdc.27073, report.vir.27073,
MailScanner.ownertest.27073, tnef.27073 and MS.bayes.rebuild.lock
temporary files (CVE-2008-5313).

Further MailScanner had symlink flaws on antivir-autoupdate,
bitdefender-autoupdate, clamav-autoupdate, etrust-autoupdate,
generic-autoupdate, inoculan-autoupdate, kaspersky-autoupdate,
nod32-autoupdate, norman-autoupdate, rav-autoupdate,
sophos-autoupdate, symscanengine-autoupdate, vexira-autoupdate,
f-prot-autoupdate and css-autoupdate scripts under following
temporary vulnerable files: AntiVirBusy.lock, BitDefenderBusy.lock,
ClamAVBusy.lock, eTrustBusy.lock, GenericBusy.lock, InoculanBusy.lock,
KasperskyBusy.lock, Nod32Busy.lock, NormanBusy.lock, RavBusy.lock,
SophosBusy.lock, SymScanEngineBusy.lock, VexiraBusy.lock,
FProtBusy.lock and SYMCScan.lock.

This update provides fix for all symlink flaws described on this
security advisory.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5140
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5312
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5313
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Updated Packages:

Corporate 4.0:
4e93bc7c48ec8f65122d263237b99ec9 corporate/4.0/i586/mailscanner-4.55.9_1-3.1.20060mlcs4.noarch.rpm
f92acdbed4f63778609726eaa2dc8fd1 corporate/4.0/i586/mailscanner-spamassassin-4.55.9_1-3.1.20060mlcs4.noarch.rpm
35f1b7e0cc1534def4394e7bec95ab48 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/mailscanner-4.55.9_1-3.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
4e93bc7c48ec8f65122d263237b99ec9 corporate/4.0/x86_64/mailscanner-4.55.9_1-3.1.20060mlcs4.noarch.rpm
f92acdbed4f63778609726eaa2dc8fd1 corporate/4.0/x86_64/mailscanner-spamassassin-4.55.9_1-3.1.20060mlcs4.noarch.rpm
35f1b7e0cc1534def4394e7bec95ab48 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/mailscanner-4.55.9_1-3.1.20060mlcs4.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/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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