Secunia Security Advisory - SGI has issued an update for SGI Advanced Linux Environment. This fixes some vulnerabilities and security issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions, by malicious users to gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25192
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25192/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3
http://secunia.com/product/4493/
DESCRIPTION:
SGI has issued an update for SGI Advanced Linux Environment. This
fixes some vulnerabilities and security issues, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions, by malicious users to gain escalated privileges, and by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS
(Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA24550
SA24878
SA24885
SA24924
SA25105
SA25184
SOLUTION:
Apply patch 10403 for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070501-01-P.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24550:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24550/
SA24878:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24878/
SA24885:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24885/
SA24924:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24924/
SA25105:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25105/
SA25184:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25184/
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