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SSH Tectia Client/Server ssh-signer Unspecified Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28247
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Release Date:
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2008-01-09
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Popularity:
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4,417 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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| Software: | SSH Tectia Client 5.x
SSH Tectia Server 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5616
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in SSH Tectia Client/Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the ssh-signer binary. No further information is available.
The vulnerability affects SSH Tectia Client/Server versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 to 5.2.3, and 5.3 to 5.3.5 on Linux and UNIX.
Solution:
Update to version 5.2.4 or 5.3.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tuomas Siren, reported via US-CERT.
Original Advisory:
US-CERT VU#921339:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/921339
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