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PPxP Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15426
Release Date: 2005-05-20
Popularity: 5,393 views

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

Software:PPxP

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Solution:
Remove the setuid bit from the PPxP application. This may affect functionality.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Jens Steube

Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-725

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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