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Gentoo update for policyd-weight
Secunia Advisory: SA29738
Release Date: 2008-04-14
Popularity: 1,986 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1569


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for policyd-weight. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA29553

Solution:
Update to "mail-filter/policyd-weight-0.1.14.17" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml

Other References:
SA29553:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29553/


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