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TITLE:
Gentoo update for proftpd

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24163

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24163/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for proftpd. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA23371

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-ftp/proftpd-1.3.1_rc1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-02.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23371:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23371/

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