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Gentoo update for hylafax
Secunia Advisory: SA17022
Release Date: 2005-09-30
Popularity: 6,096 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for hylafax. 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:
SA16906

Solution:
Update to "net-misc/hylafax-4.2.2" or later.

Versions 4.2.0-r3 and 4.2.1-r2 are not affected.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-21.xml

Other References:
SA16906:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16906/


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