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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-191

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-191
Posted Sep 30, 2014
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-191 - The mkxmltype and mkdtskel scripts provided in perl-XML-DT allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local, perl
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-5260
SHA-256 | 1cf9c6f1fe3daede8b43bab97142f9d19a3b4444639c60766d3b82d501a4862d

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-191

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:191
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : perl-XML-DT
Date : September 29, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated perl-XML-DT package fixes security vulnerability:

The mkxmltype and mkdtskel scripts provided in perl-XML-DT allow
local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a
/tmp/_xml_##### temporary file (CVE-2014-5260).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5260
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0390.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
e1d6216fcb3be05db063cf27f7fa0592 mbs1/x86_64/perl-XML-DT-0.660.0-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
759d5fc8160a1cff2669e44dbc917ecc mbs1/SRPMS/perl-XML-DT-0.660.0-1.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
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