Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for xfs. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for xfs
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27560
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27560/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for xfs. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA27040
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --
21577d9fef7ac045d14cecab380d6a04
2007.0/i586/xfs-1.0.2-13.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
d45b4bc4ce1d33ae435c67daf6efa400
2007.0/SRPMS/xfs-1.0.2-13.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --
58c165973eb6df6f262bf23f5cbd80ba
2007.0/x86_64/xfs-1.0.2-13.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
d45b4bc4ce1d33ae435c67daf6efa400
2007.0/SRPMS/xfs-1.0.2-13.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:210
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27040:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27040/
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