Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for smb4k. 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:
Mandriva update for smb4k
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16736
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16736/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandrakelinux 10.1
http://secunia.com/product/4198/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for smb4k. 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:
SA16724
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandrakelinux 10.1
dd4471a3de6feb035637f15dd75d8d56
10.1/RPMS/smb4k-0.4.0-3.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
d56d014b32bf1ec767fc018f0e40c245
10.1/SRPMS/smb4k-0.4.0-3.1.101mdk.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:157
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16724:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16724/
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