Secunia Security Advisory - SGI has issued a patch for SGI Advanced Linux Environment. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), cause files to be extracted to arbitrary locations on a user's system, and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19183
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation, DoS,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3
http://secunia.com/product/4493/
DESCRIPTION:
SGI has issued a patch for SGI Advanced Linux Environment. This fixes
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service), cause files to be extracted to
arbitrary locations on a user's system, and potentially compromise a
user's system.
For more information:
SA7173
SA15447
SA18261
SOLUTION:
Apply patch 10279 for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6.
http://support.sgi.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA7173:
http://secunia.com/advisories/7173/
SA15447:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15447/
SA18261:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18261/
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