TITLE:
Fedora update for gdb

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17356

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 3
http://secunia.com/product/4222/
Fedora Core 4
http://secunia.com/product/5251/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for gdb. This fixes two vulnerabilities,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA15449

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 3:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

b8b1221e0bee3f36f56d97a5a14f967e 
SRPMS/gdb-6.1post-1.20040607.43.0.1.src.rpm
5888949940a560c9ba95df6e06d844c1 
x86_64/gdb-6.1post-1.20040607.43.0.1.x86_64.rpm
503a943143b7d0493f138db9d3884829 
x86_64/debug/gdb-debuginfo-6.1post-1.20040607.43.0.1.x86_64.rpm
1c0c3d31110fef65ebde55bc1c77bde1 
i386/gdb-6.1post-1.20040607.43.0.1.i386.rpm
36c25e23d587ebf23099e4bf300e8ae2 
i386/debug/gdb-debuginfo-6.1post-1.20040607.43.0.1.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

13dc7a0519af07517322966a31755c14  SRPMS/gdb-6.3.0.0-1.84.src.rpm
105ad05894d1a6473ac22bf923e59f63  ppc/gdb-6.3.0.0-1.84.ppc.rpm
983c714df523fe92774bc77a99660c47 
ppc/debug/gdb-debuginfo-6.3.0.0-1.84.ppc.rpm
b46209774e0b189c93bd45565dbd57a2  x86_64/gdb-6.3.0.0-1.84.x86_64.rpm
ea77f6d39f6e994be2f81335f0925de8 
x86_64/debug/gdb-debuginfo-6.3.0.0-1.84.x86_64.rpm
5456f46ec1b03267210b9f045612a9b8  i386/gdb-6.3.0.0-1.84.i386.rpm
fc72f8be341eaf9142aa768de9ad06e1 
i386/debug/gdb-debuginfo-6.3.0.0-1.84.i386.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15449:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15449/

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