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[SA21613] Gentoo update for heimdal

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Aug 24 2006 - 02:47:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for heimdal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21613

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21613/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for heimdal. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA21436

SOLUTION:
Update to "app-crypt/heimdal-0.7.2-r3" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-21.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21436:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21436/

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