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TITLE:
ScramDisk 4 Linux Privilege Escalation Security Issues

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24903

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24903/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
ScramDisk 4 Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/13937/

DESCRIPTION:
Two security issues have been reported in ScramDisk 4 Linux. These
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

1) ScramDisk 4 Linux does not properly restrict  users from mounting
containers that include SUID root files, which can be exploited to
gain escalated privileges.

2) ScramDisk 4 Linux does not properly restrict users from mounting
containers over system directories, which can be exploited to gain
escalated privileges.

The security issues are reported in versions prior to 1.0-1

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0-1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Hans-Ulrich Juettner

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1696777&group_id=101952&atid=630783
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1696780&group_id=101952&atid=630783

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