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Ubuntu update for ppp Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20967  
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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

OS:Ubuntu Linux 5.10
Ubuntu Linux 6.06


CVE reference:CVE-2006-2194 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Ubuntu has issued an update for ppp. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA20963

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Updated packages for Ubuntu 5.10:

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ppp_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 84735 b936bb967b2bf26bb8e894b52b56f567
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ppp/ppp_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 639 6fa315e3b2b44a005b1884f8e1d84838
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 697459 0537b03fb51cbb847290abdbb765cb93

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...dev_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 33168 6a580e1ea142bee104cddd5593ee5bc5

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo..._2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_amd64.udeb
Size/MD5: 112486 498b0a9fea2370c8f0419ef14016d499
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...p_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 349850 35c4edac3178de4ed6ee4a623b97e8bc

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...b_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_i386.udeb
Size/MD5: 97874 5d1663cab583200aa383f63756166351
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pp_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 321080 134ca18479227697f4dc4d4276126141

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo....4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_powerpc.udeb
Size/MD5: 108914 6bcb2e66fb0473fe915239f472b3fa9c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 353924 5d79faafa8d39f06bbe73783cfb23db1

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo..._2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_sparc.udeb
Size/MD5: 104752 fc65ef96139e0bd2979f66242f6dfe77
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...p_2.4.3-20050321+2ubuntu1.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 330712 040cf743a30e66034a10b8b66f6a30d1

Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 95380 960ab46e30e78b50eb793e6f00be5823
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 629 8a2a372fa53360752970fbd3340cc419
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.4b1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 688912 7b08b62bcf99f1c7818fc5a622293f4c

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pp/ppp-dev_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 46294 3f2cc28495b02b0976d347bdff4e5a45

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pp-udeb_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.udeb
Size/MD5: 112360 7e5d4ead7131dc1b1dfb317e69356c2e
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../ppp/ppp_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 351104 bd3155b620f2b9c4788633c84cfcb0d1

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ppp-udeb_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_i386.udeb
Size/MD5: 97278 a1635198ecb4b5ece2a3bdd147aa15bf
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...p/ppp/ppp_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 321536 a7c6a20067db8e81d8f6115f7d8d6fda

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...-udeb_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_powerpc.udeb
Size/MD5: 108676 4d0ea9a15f26f072579649a63b9a7d9b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pp/ppp_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 355236 be6f4d51fb7e7ababa47bdfded4c3017

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pp-udeb_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_sparc.udeb
Size/MD5: 105096 5b63ea053b50bdfd166366e35a5dde1c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../ppp/ppp_2.4.4b1-1ubuntu3.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 330520 5aff30484a738f2697086c184da2eb31

Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-310-1

Other References:
SA20963:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20963/



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