Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for openssh. This fixes a weakness, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for openssh
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19159
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19159/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for openssh. This fixes a weakness,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA18579
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0044.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18579:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18579/
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