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OpenWBEM Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22709
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Release Date:
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2006-11-06
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Popularity:
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4,072 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | OpenWBEM 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5639
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenWBEM, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the random number generator when the system is configured to use local or HTTP Digest authentication.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.2.0.
Solution:
Update to version 3.2.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showno...?release_id=457026&group_id=16214
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