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Ubuntu update for lm-sensors Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA16549  
Release Date: 2005-08-24

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

OS:Ubuntu Linux 5.04


CVE reference:CVE-2005-2672 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Ubuntu has issued an update for lm-sensors. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA16501

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...s/lm-sensors_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 28002 78649f71071530897671aec9d90530bc
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...nsors/lm-sensors_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 659 2e17dd3a420f2be9fee42ba8932acc93
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...-sensors/lm-sensors_2.8.8.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 820983 95cdb083b4d16e2419a2c78b35f608d0

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ensors-dev_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 94266 927658de6c8c8dfd592bbd6ea4a2ebf6
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ibsensors3_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 81466 e216f3ac2e5b40dcf3c80a0dedfdddaa
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...lm-sensors_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 467670 e5593dcddbe395f31966b58dd0ff8d6e
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...rs/sensord_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 54554 f69b44c19c1d6640291a140a172d124b

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...sensors-dev_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 88018 f1f90add89d25e99cc1c12f62a4652f4
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...libsensors3_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 73074 551f33f59451ab244e972bf5cd77b200
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../lm-sensors_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 464566 3175fceb85c4f8500d325b551e600e6c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ors/sensord_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 52492 067285384debd4bfcd5ca87083d51e3d

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...sors-dev_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 100452 cd698db9856bfe43c20e4b359372a592
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...sensors3_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 79554 899763c092e6497a64437aba12cc07f0
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...-sensors_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 468262 bb280b3c35f59386bad25e332a91c969
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../sensord_2.8.8-7ubuntu2.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 55752 d1c2efe66350314ed725713885d23e95

Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-172-1

Other References:
SA16501:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16501/



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