Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for gdb. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for gdb
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17072
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for gdb. This fixes two vulnerabilities,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA15449
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15449:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15449/
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