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Red Hat update for binutils
Secunia Advisory: SA17001
Release Date: 2005-09-29
Last Update: 2005-10-12
Popularity: 7,572 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1704


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for binutils. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA15527

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Changelog:
2005-10-05: Vendor releases updated packages for RHEL 4. Added link to RHSA-2005-673.
2005-10-12: Vendor releases updated packages for RHEL 2.1. Added link to RHSA-2005-763.

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-673.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-763.html

Other References:
SA15527:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15527/


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