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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-030

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-030
Posted Mar 17, 2012
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-030 - A TOCTOU race condition was found in the way the systemd-logind login manager of the systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, performed removal of particular records related with user session upon user logout. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symbolic link attacks, potentially leading to removal of arbitrary system file. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2012-1174
SHA-256 | d439d9ded308742c9adef8174dfe621e40fa193f38b928d539920fdd9fe9775f

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-030

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:030
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : systemd
Date : March 16, 2012
Affected: 2011.
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in systemd:

A TOCTOU race condition was found in the way the systemd-logind
login manager of the systemd, a system and service manager for Linux,
performed removal of particular records related with user session upon
user logout. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symbolic
link attacks, potentially leading to removal of arbitrary system file
(CVE-2012-1174).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1174
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2011:
babb58c1bfed5771648536306cfbee20 2011/i586/systemd-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
7ea7f957bb91d211c1c390dd805c5666 2011/i586/systemd-gtk-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
37a1216151f1888d985c0a784e3a71ca 2011/i586/systemd-sysvinit-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
8b1e5251cc709a5c7dc499dc34abbeec 2011/i586/systemd-units-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
8b4d1dfff9b62bfa97732ea8f28dced9 2011/SRPMS/systemd-29-8.2.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2011/X86_64:
189b87bc469f3e803729ddd1c496ea7d 2011/x86_64/systemd-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
ec3f95ed6706b3d057afe7e62b590b0a 2011/x86_64/systemd-gtk-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
98125c6515460472604ab76183ddf63f 2011/x86_64/systemd-sysvinit-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
723aeadda814b44ae5abf98ab98a62b5 2011/x86_64/systemd-units-29-8.2-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
8b4d1dfff9b62bfa97732ea8f28dced9 2011/SRPMS/systemd-29-8.2.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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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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