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TITLE:
Red Hat update for aide

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26711

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26711/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for aide. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to the improper checking of file
checksums against stored checksums in the database. This can be
exploited to bypass the file modification checks performed by aide.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 0.13.1.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0539.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236923

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