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Linux Kernel 2.4 "ioperm" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA8823
Release Date: 2003-05-21
Last Update: 2007-05-15
Popularity: 14,115 views

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

OS:Linux Kernel 2.4.x

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Solution:
Secunia is not currently aware of an official patch or update for the Linux Kernel.

Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Mikolajczyk

Changelog:
2007-05-15: Updated advisory.

Original Advisory:
http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=703

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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