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[SA13185] Gentoo update for davfs2/lvm-user

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Nov 12 2004 - 10:21:33 CST

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for davfs2/lvm-user

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13185

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13185/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued updates for davfs2 and lvm-user. These fix some
vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious,
local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with
escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA13083
SA13184

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Davfs2:
Update to "net-fs/davfs2-0.2.2-r1" or later.

lvm-user:
Update to "sys-fs/lvm-user-1.0.7-r2" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-22.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA13083:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13083/

SA13184:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13184/

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