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Red Hat update for vixie-cron
Secunia Advisory: SA21032
Release Date: 2006-07-13
Popularity: 5,658 views

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

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2607


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for vixie-cron. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA20380

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html

Other References:
SA20380:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20380/


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