[gentoo-announce] GLSA: vmware (200308-03.1)

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200308-03.1
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PACKAGE : vmware
SUMMARY : insecure symbolic links
DATE : 2003-09-01 13:42 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <vmware-workstation-4.0.2.5592
FIXED VERSION : >=vmware-workstation-4.0.2.5592
CVE :

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The previous GLSA 200308-03 was wrong when it stated that
vmware-workstation-4.0.1-5289 would fix the problems described in the
advisory.

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.x upgrade to
vmware-workstation-4.0.1-5289 as follows

emerge sync
emerge \=app-emulation/vmware-workstation/vmware-workstation-4.0.2.5592
emerge clean

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