Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for lm_sensors. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for lm_sensors
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16626
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16626/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for lm_sensors. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA16501
SOLUTION:
Update to "sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.9.1-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-19.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16501:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16501/
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