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Gentoo update for aRts
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20786
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Release Date:
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2006-06-23
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2916 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for aRts. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA20677
Note: The aRts package provided by Gentoo is reportedly only vulnerable if the "artswrappersuid" USE-flag is enabled.
Solution:
Update to the latest version.
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/arts
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xml
Other References:
SA20677:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20677/
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