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Mandriva update for autofs
Secunia Advisory: SA28456
Release Date: 2008-01-14
Popularity: 1,713 views

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

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-5964
CVE-2007-6285


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for autofs. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA28052
SA28156

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --

3390bf55832dffd626f5f8ce0e8ad8ea 2007.0/i586/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
11c33cfb8d77ff2639c70e32ac04ed73 2007.0/SRPMS/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --

3667ed52652d4d622e3f6d5308ef8699 2007.0/x86_64/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
11c33cfb8d77ff2639c70e32ac04ed73 2007.0/SRPMS/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009

Other References:
SA28052:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28052/

SA28156:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28156/


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