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Mandriva update for util-linux Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA16882  
Release Date: 2005-09-21

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandrake Corporate Server 2.x
Mandrakelinux 10.0
Mandrakelinux 10.1


CVE reference:CVE-2005-2876 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for util-linux. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA16785

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.0:

e28c42b0a18bf906ea339ffeb02d3320 10.0/RPMS/losetup-2.12-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
6dd9d97f688ab7b872dba55b9c427935 10.0/RPMS/mount-2.12-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
b23bbbec6f75fbe1f2137f1335f782f9 10.0/RPMS/util-linux-2.12-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
0c84336fe4e647fe4b35686e6e938a8f 10.0/SRPMS/util-linux-2.12-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:

1c972124af9eba5acc9691931e5629c8 amd64/10.0/RPMS/losetup-2.12-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
2a0367d603f4c8e893e7f0ec158132e5 amd64/10.0/RPMS/mount-2.12-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
4fe57def6145640a886feb35deb77a6d amd64/10.0/RPMS/util-linux-2.12-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
0c84336fe4e647fe4b35686e6e938a8f amd64/10.0/SRPMS/util-linux-2.12-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:

658b5ee36c137e2533397ac71aa86e0e 10.1/RPMS/losetup-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
b15ae4dbd367fcd46e38d418bb3d1a86 10.1/RPMS/mount-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
701b35a4588f4ce5879b651724f72a1d 10.1/RPMS/util-linux-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
f1bbf1462e0f0987ce110388bd2e8d48 10.1/SRPMS/util-linux-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:

fbd4672670283fd495a652d0338467d4 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/losetup-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
b1773a98c38538db35e2c4fd8aa5e100 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/mount-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
8a4e15cdaaa7efe10c7830a9cda27523 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/util-linux-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
f1bbf1462e0f0987ce110388bd2e8d48 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/util-linux-2.12a-5.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:

d560b7038ca8ae848b24414858fac1ef corporate/2.1/RPMS/losetup-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
81bf701d8b8129c0809c37205d4fbad0 corporate/2.1/RPMS/mount-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
321463758b000a1e7348111f7bea2959 corporate/2.1/RPMS/util-linux-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
b1d2f438863cd5c807548ec4209b0179 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:

141b7b38947d1fd2ef4088ba20e093f1 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/losetup-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
ddb3ee3ebe56b399ff881806f9cd8832 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/mount-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
a61050516b99231bca46507fa94aa5e8 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/util-linux-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
b1d2f438863cd5c807548ec4209b0179 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11u-5.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:167

Other References:
SA16785:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16785/



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