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Red Hat update for kon2
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8981
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Release Date:
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2003-06-10
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Popularity:
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6,503 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2002-1155
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Description:
Red Hat has issued updated packages for kon2. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the command line parsing code. This could be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which allows execution of arbitrary code with "root" privileges.
Solution:
Updated packages are only available via Red Hat Network:
http://rhn.redhat.com/
Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-050.html
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