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TITLE:
Mandriva update for autofs

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28456

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for autofs. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
bypass certain security restrictions and to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA28052
SA28156

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --

3390bf55832dffd626f5f8ce0e8ad8ea 
2007.0/i586/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
11c33cfb8d77ff2639c70e32ac04ed73 
2007.0/SRPMS/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --

3667ed52652d4d622e3f6d5308ef8699 
2007.0/x86_64/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
11c33cfb8d77ff2639c70e32ac04ed73 
2007.0/SRPMS/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28052:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28052/

SA28156:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28156/

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