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Red Hat update for coreutils
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31225
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Release Date:
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2008-07-25
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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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: | RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1946 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for coreutils. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
A configuration error of the pam_succeed_if.so module exists in /etc/pam.d/su. This can be exploited to change to an expired or locked account using the "su" command.
Successful exploitation requires that the password of the locked or expired account is known.
Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0780.html
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