Technical Description

A security weakness has been identified in rPath, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security checks. This issue is caused by an error in util-linux. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1392

Affected Products

rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
rPath Linux 2

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
util-linux=conary.rpath.com at rpl:2/2.13_pre7-14.2-1
util-linux-extras=conary.rpath.com at rpl:2/2.13_pre7-14.2-1

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3236
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009-November/000460.html

ChangeLog

2009-11-13 : Initial release

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