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TITLE:
Red Hat update for nfs-utils

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31322

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31322/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
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DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for nfs-utils. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially
bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is that the nfs-utils package is built without TCP
wrappers support, which could result in improper access restrictions
being imposed due to the documentation specifying TCP wrappers as a
valid security measure.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0486.html

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