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Red Hat update for sharutils
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8851
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Release Date:
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2003-05-23
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Popularity:
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7,066 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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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: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for sharutils. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by a malicious, local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability lies in the utility "uudecode", which does not verify if it is writing to a file, a symlink or an open pipe. This could be abused if a local user decodes files into a shared directory like "/tmp".
Change Page:
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