Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for udev. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for udev
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34771
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/34771/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for udev. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA34731
SOLUTION:
Update to "sys-fs/udev-124-r2" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200904-18:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34731:
https://secunia.com/advisories/34731/
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