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Gentoo update for fbida
Secunia Advisory: SA19766
Release Date: 2006-04-24
Popularity: 5,555 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-2006-1695


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for fbida. 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:
SA19559

Solution:
Update to "media-gfx/fbida-2.03-r3" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-13.xml

Other References:
SA19559:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19559/


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