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Gentoo update for scponly
Secunia Advisory: SA18236
Release Date: 2005-12-29
Last Update: 2006-02-13
Popularity: 5,886 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-4532


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for scponly. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges, or by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA18223

Solution:
Update to "net-misc/scponly-4.2" or later.

Changelog:
2006-02-13: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml

Other References:
SA18223:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18223/


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