Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for opie. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to potentially gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Debian update for opie
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45136
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-21
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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for opie. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
potentially gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA39966
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2281-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00155.html
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