Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been discovered in FreeBSD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
FreeBSD OpenPAM Privilege Escalation Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46804
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-09
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in FreeBSD, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the use of vulnerable OpenPAM
code.
For more information:
SA46756
The security issue is confirmed in version 8.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only.
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