Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for cvs. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for cvs
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42409
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-01
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DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for cvs. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA41079
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2010:0918-1:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0918.html
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