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                         ESB-2009.0184 -- [Linux]
       A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind
                             27 February 2009

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              valgrind
Publisher:            Mandriva
Operating System:     Mandriva Linux
                      Linux variants
Impact:               Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access:               Existing Account
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-4865

Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
         platforms other than Mandriva. It is recommended that administrators
         running valgrind check for an updated version of the software for
         their operating system.

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2009:057
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : valgrind
 Date    : February 26, 2009
 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind:
 
 Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0
 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse
 .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated
 using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this
 issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because
 execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common
 scenario. (CVE-2008-4865)
 
 The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4865
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 7d2fdce148a8c9883262ff3d6b2cf843  2008.0/i586/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1  2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 dfe5025371c9dc804b71e84081a62743  2008.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 a204fd31df3f302c19b8e6c74bd58eb1  2008.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.2.3-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 c8df0a495d0d70b8dd619044440037e2  2008.1/i586/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255  2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 2e16854eec6bc05f5a6d39e1fef120be  2008.1/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 391e202fc7f592ba63280a34245bb255  2008.1/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.0-3.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
 c61e803ffafdcfbf889b604dec79fa4e  2009.0/i586/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 
 49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b  2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
 b0b4fecae9ffd5613c4ebfcb369ba23f  2009.0/x86_64/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 
 49a62badfb184864bd5764f1d3b8280b  2009.0/SRPMS/valgrind-3.3.1-2.1mdv2009.0.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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