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TITLE:
Intel LAN Driver Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23221

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23221/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Intel PRO 10/100 Adapters (Linux) 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/12824/
Intel PRO 10/100 Adapters (UnixWare/SCO6) 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/12827/
Intel PRO 10/100 Adapters (Windows) 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/12821/
Intel PRO/1000 Adapters (Linux) 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/12825/
Intel PRO/1000 Adapters (UnixWare/SCO6) 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/12828/
Intel PRO/1000 Adapters (Windows) 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/12822/
Intel PRO/1000 PCIe Adapters (Windows) 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/12823/
Intel PRO/10GbE Adapters (Linux) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12826/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Intel LAN drivers, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow by using certain function calls
incorrectly.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with
kernel-level privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches (see the vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits eEye Digital Security.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Intel:
http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-023726.htm

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