CVE-2006-2916

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200704-22

Posted May 3, 2007

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200704-22 - BEAST, which is installed as setuid root, fails to properly check whether it can drop privileges accordingly if seteuid() fails due to a user exceeding assigned resource limits. Versions less than 0.7.1 are affected.

tags | advisory, root

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2006-2916, CVE-2006-4447

SHA-256 | b56ad1169d97afa91c41909932984316ec9f981b85162a450a6f0d132af19acc

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.107

Posted Jun 27, 2006

Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006-107 - A vulnerability in the artswrapper program, when installed setuid root, could enable a local user to elevate their privileges to that of root. By default, Mandriva Linux does not ship artswrapper setuid root, however if a user or system administrator enables the setuid bit on artswrapper, their system could be at risk.

tags | advisory, local, root

systems | linux, mandriva

advisories | CVE-2006-2916

SHA-256 | b3f323edbd50720927d1f54f1a36d93220ada4ce218425b6630ad80e743ac9af

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