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>> Fedora Security Update Fixes util-linux Local Privilege Escalation Issue
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Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes util-linux Local Privilege Escalation Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3462
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5191
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-11
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A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by errors in util-linux. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3417
Affected Products
Fedora 7
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages :
2aedbaafdf347aa298558a56e9d9020f88e3acc4 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
67f580fe186fb81b20a88eb512c13a994b45578b util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
15837b21fccb7a8160aa262f8c89e7c96edad4c1 util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.i386.rpm
f638d85d5ca00df21ac9de9a0da03fd56a9ab8c7 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.i386.rpm
e6a30062c8d8047473dad04ad489c3262828eb18 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
e463d60a90473d8d76dbd23e0557c91b12dbb77c util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
86cdcf5c587ff53d897101ee157ddd626fd424fe util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc.rpm
46b432df12c7f46cb49564dc06818c5fcc1c8aa0 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc.rpm
7f6962c44ca92c98c0a9b5b10355df7d50669b44 util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.src.rpm
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3462
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html
ChangeLog
2007-10-11 : Initial release
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