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TITLE:
Gentoo update for skktools

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27247

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27247/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for skktools. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform
certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA26866

SOLUTION:
Update to:
"app-i18n/skktools-1.2-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-10.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26866:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26866/

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