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[SA33630] Gentoo update for scilab

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2009 - 18:20:04 CST

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for scilab

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33630

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33630/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

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

For more information:
SA32598

SOLUTION:
Update to "sci-mathematics/scilab-4.1.2-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200901-14:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200901-14.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32598:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32598/

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