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TITLE:
SUSE rubygem-sqlite3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44418

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-05

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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has acknowledged a vulnerability in the rubygem-sqlite3 package
for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to certain files within the
rubygem-sqlite3 package being world-writable. This can be exploited
to inject arbitrary code, which will be executed with the permissions
of the application using the library.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SR:2011:008:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00000.html

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