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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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