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Gentoo update for noweb
Secunia Advisory: SA19027
Release Date: 2006-02-27
Popularity: 5,615 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3342


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for noweb. 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:
SA18809

Solution:
Update to version "app-text/noweb-2.9-r5" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml

Other References:
SA18809:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18809/


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