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TITLE:
grsecurity Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14490

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14490/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
grsecurity 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3419/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in grsecurity, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA14489

The vulnerability does reportedly not affect systems with grsecurity
configured in the LOW or MEDIUM settings.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.2.
http://www.grsecurity.net/download.php

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec212

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14489:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14489/

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