Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for XFree86. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for XFree86
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21900
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21900/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for XFree86. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA21890
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0666.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21890:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21890/
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