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Debian update for lookup-el Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA24590  
Release Date: 2007-03-19

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid


CVE reference:CVE-2007-0237 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Debian has issued an update for lookup-el. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA24377

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...l/lookup-el/lookup-el_1.4-3sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 585 2daf45b112f1b688658faf610308962e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...okup-el/lookup-el_1.4-3sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 7115 f27e58e4ea0df6b08e808624a8fcb4e2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...l/lookup-el/lookup-el_1.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 349751 05d12aa8921969b449a6f2a47bb00247

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...okup-el/lookup-el_1.4-3sarge1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 228002 30c9393256c1029e3742892e3bc16a6f

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 1.4-5.

Original Advisory:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1269

Other References:
SA24377:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24377/



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