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Gentoo update for xfs
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27240
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Release Date:
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2007-10-15
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Popularity:
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3,053 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-3103
CVE-2007-4568
CVE-2007-4990
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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for xfs. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges or gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA27040
This also fixes a vulnerability, which is caused due to a race condition within the handling of temporary files when the xfs font server startup script is executed. This can be exploited to change the permissions of arbitrary files.
Solution:
Update to:
"11-apps/xfs-1.0.5" or later.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml
Other References:
SA27040:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27040/
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