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Debian Security Update Fixes Splitvt Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Splitvt Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0646
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0162
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-25

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions and obtain elevated privileges [...]

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to splitvt version 1.6.5-9etch1
Debian GNU/Linux sid - Upgrade to splitvt version 1.6.6-4

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Mike Ashton.

ChangeLog

2008-02-25 : Initial release

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