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Red Hat update for texinfo
Secunia Advisory: SA22725
Release Date: 2006-11-09
Popularity: 5,139 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3011
CVE-2006-4810


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for texinfo. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges, and by malicious people to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA16816

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

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html

Other References:
SA16816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816/


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