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Redhat Security Update Fixes Util-Linux Privilege Escalation Issue

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes Util-Linux Privilege Escalation Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-2054
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2876
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-10-12

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

Redhat has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in Util-Linux [...]

Affected Products

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

ChangeLog

2005-10-12 : Initial release

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