Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for fwbuilder. This fixes two security issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for fwbuilder
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47669
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-24
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for fwbuilder. This fixes two security
issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform
certain actions with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA32570
SA36809
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-firewall/fwbuilder-3.0.7" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201201-11:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-11.xml
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