From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 09:11:00 CDT

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TITLE:
super Unspecified Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA11899

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11899/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
super 3.x

DESCRIPTION:
Max Vozeler has reported a vulnerability in super, which can be
exploited by certain local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified format string
error.

Successful exploitation may allow arbitrary code execution with root
privileges.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to vulnerable systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Max Vozeler

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