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TITLE:
Linux Kernel connector Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37113

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37113/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to unprivileged users being able to
send netlink packets to certain subsystems using connector, which can
be exploited to e.g. change certain configurations and perform other
operations that should not be available to unprivileged users.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.31.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Philip Reisner

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5

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