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Star Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12484
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Release Date:
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2004-09-08
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Last Update:
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2004-09-17
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Popularity:
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5,391 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | star 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0850
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Description:
An unspecified vulnerability has been reported in star, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
Successful exploitation requires that star has been configured to use SSH for remote tape access.
The vulnerability affects versions 1.5a09 through 1.5a45.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5a46.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2004-09-17: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Added CVE reference.
Other References:
US-CERT VU#339089:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
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