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MDKSA-2004:091.txt

Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory – The cdrecord program, which is suid root, fails to drop euid=0 when it exec()s a program specified by the user through the RSH environment variable. This can be abused by a local attacker to obtain root privileges.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/34303/MDKSA-2004%3A091.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/34303/MDKSA-2004-091.txt.html

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