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TITLE:
FreeBSD update for contrib_cvs

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16718

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16718/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/
FreeBSD 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/139/

DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for contrib_cvs. This fixes a security
issue, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users
to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA16553

SOLUTION:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

Fixed versions:
2005-09-07 13:43:05 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.0-BETA5)
2005-09-07 13:43:23 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2005-09-07 13:43:36 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p7)
2005-09-07 13:43:50 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p21)
2005-09-07 13:44:06 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2005-09-07 13:44:20 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p12)
2005-09-07 13:44:36 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p17)

Patch for FreeBSD 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, and 5.4:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:20/cvsbug.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:20/cvsbug.patch.asc

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16553:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16553/

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