Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for xen. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to truncate arbitrary files, bypass certain security restrictions, or gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for xen
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27486
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27486/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for xen. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
truncate arbitrary files, bypass certain security restrictions, or
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA26986
SA27389
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandriva Linux 2007
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2007.0/i586/xen-3.0.3-0.20060703.3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
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2007.0/SRPMS/xen-3.0.3-0.20060703.3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64
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2007.0/x86_64/xen-3.0.3-0.20060703.3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
c939b93cb67251235a9c8f2824609702
2007.0/SRPMS/xen-3.0.3-0.20060703.3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26986:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26986/
SA27389:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27389/
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