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Gentoo update for fvwm
Secunia Advisory: SA23089
Release Date: 2006-11-24
Popularity: 8,238 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5969


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for fvwm. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA22961

Solution:
Update to "x11-wm/fvwm-2.5.18-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-17.xml

Other References:
SA22961:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22961/


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