From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 03:56:32 CST

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TITLE:
Red Hat update for NetPBM

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10771

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10771/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for netpbm. These fix a
vulnerability, allowing malicious users to escalate their privileges
on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to insecure creation of temporary
files, which can be exploited via symlink attacks.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-031.html

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