-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-06 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : syslinux SUMMARY : security issues in installer DATE : 2003-02-17 14:40 UTC EXPLOIT : local - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - From syslinux changelog: "Security flaws have been found in the SYSLINUX installer when running setuid root. Rewrite the SYSLINUX installer so it uses mtools instead. It therefore now requires mtools (specifically mcopy and mattrib) to exist on your system, but it will not require root privileges and SHOULD NOT be setuid." SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running sys-apps/syslinux upgrade to syslinux-2.02 as follows: emerge sync emerge -u syslinux emerge clean - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+UPR9fT7nyhUpoZMRAvdQAJ9nnSJoMKxE8siV7DbDYcAcNCekKQCfetT0 1Abd4vX3xTP6TuKSPmNm1H0= =3bei -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
