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Red Hat update for shadow-utils
Secunia Advisory: SA25629
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Release Date: 2007-06-12
Popularity: 3,857 views

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

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1174
Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for shadow-utils. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA20370

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

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html

Other References:
SA20370:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20370/

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