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GLSA: GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE : exim |
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SUMMARY : security vulnerability in exim |
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DATE : Apr 19 03:02:46 UTC 2002 |
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OVERVIEW |
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A security vulnerability has been found that might allow a local attacker |
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to gain elevated priveleges. This affects Gentoo's exim-3.34-r1 and prior |
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packages. |
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DETAIL |
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Fix for a security vulnerability that could allow local attackers to gain |
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elevated privileges though a buffer overflow exploit. |
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http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5CP0H206AI.html |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running exim update |
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their systems as follows. |
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emerge --clean rsync |
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emerge exim |
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emerge clean |
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rphillips@g.o |
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seemant@g.o |
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drobbins@g.o |
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