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Linux Kernel "/proc" Race Condition Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory: SA21041
Release Date: 2006-07-17
Popularity: 14,224 views

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

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Solution:
Update to version 2.6.17.5 or later.
http://kernel.org/

Provided and/or discovered by:
h00lyshit

Original Advisory:
Kernel.org:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.5

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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