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Subject: Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - traceroute
From: secureCONECTIVA.COM.BR
Date: Sat Sep 30 2000 - 13:56:05 CDT

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : traceroute
SUMMARY : Traceroute local root exploit
DATE : 2000-09-30 15:55:00
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, prg gráficos, ecommerce, 5.1

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DESCRIPTION
Previous releases of traceroute contained some problems that could be
exploited to gain local root access.

SOLUTION
All users should upgrade the traceroute package.

Many people contributed to this new version: Pekka Savola (who first
found the vulnerability), Chris Evans, Tim Robbins and others, and
also the maintainers of traceroute.

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key can be
obtained at http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato

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