TITLE:
Mandriva update for texinfo

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17076

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandrake Corporate Server 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/1222/
Mandrakelinux 10.1
http://secunia.com/product/4198/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for texinfo. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA16816

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.1:

76e53b496b39c7b28f0267a90ba586a8
10.1/RPMS/info-4.7-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
10cd78726493bda942913b5584bcf0ea
10.1/RPMS/info-install-4.7-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
25b0fff505495b5b4b80ffcf113ecb15
10.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
e47fb813ed54544bd93b6897031b6d2d
10.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:

5f47ff5b3e06addb1924f92b8ade046f
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/info-4.7-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
66cb5ffb24e9e263cfe2af552b5f2ac1
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/info-install-4.7-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
bda2aa2a304be57fa28f2879b85fc9c0
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
e47fb813ed54544bd93b6897031b6d2d
x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:

af212fb87728fcb48c736f5f30f0a906
corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
256c91dbdf2650f5323c9294916eb25c
corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-install-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
37f29e7fc13e78f1de4213591a028723
corporate/2.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
8c4df474276402f88497af71c8e6586a
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:

32d0a4f0f9e9d14bfb34368f5d5e429e
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
8df053321dd699e94bfed39387df0541
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-install-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
44a60c312004ed7490a802521559ddae
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
8c4df474276402f88497af71c8e6586a
x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816/

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