Gentoo update for blam
Secunia Advisory: SA28672
Release Date: 2008-01-28
Popularity: 4,141 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-4790


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for blam. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA26480

Solution:
Update to "net-news/blam-1.8.4" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-14.xml

Other References:
SA26480:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26480/


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