Gentoo update for spe
Secunia Advisory: SA17241
Release Date: 2005-10-17
Popularity: 5,581 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 SPE. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA17224

Solution:
Update to "dev-util/spe-0.7.5c-r1" or later, or "dev-util/spe-0.5.1f-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-13.xml

Other References:
SA17224:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17224/


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