Secunia Security Advisory - SGI has issued multiple updates for SGI Advanced Linux Environment. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions or to perform certain actions with escalated privileges, by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions or to compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25894
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege
escalation, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3
http://secunia.com/product/4493/
DESCRIPTION:
SGI has issued multiple updates for SGI Advanced Linux Environment.
These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to bypass certain security restrictions or to perform
certain actions with escalated privileges, by malicious users to
bypass certain security restrictions or to compromise a vulnerable
system, and by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information, to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or to compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA25609
SA25628
SA25629
SA25631
SA25632
SA25633
SA25655
SA25669
SA25673
SA25777
SA25821
SOLUTION:
Apply patch 10421 for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25609:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25609/
SA25628:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25628/
SA25629:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25629/
SA25631:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25631/
SA25632:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25632/
SA25633:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25633/
SA25655:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25655/
SA25669:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25669/
SA25673:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25673/
SA25777:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25777/
SA25821:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821/
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