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Debian Security Update Fixes Policyd-weight Temporary File Issue

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Policyd-weight Temporary File Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1014
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1569 - CVE-2008-1570
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-28

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

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to policyd-weight version 0.1.14-beta-6etch2
Debian GNU/Linux sid - A fix will be available soon.

ChangeLog

2008-03-28 : Initial release
2008-03-31 : Updated Solution

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