Gentoo update for libgssglue

SA50785

CVE-2011-2709

28 Sep 2012

Less Critical

Vendor Patch

Local system

Privilege escalation

This covers vulnerabilities where a user is able to conduct certain tasks with the privileges of other users or administrative users.

This typically includes cases where a local user on a client or server system can gain access to the administrator or root account thus taking full control of the system.

Gentoo has issued an update for libgssglue. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA45075

Update to "net-libs/libgssglue-0.4" or later.

GLSA 201209-22:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201209-22.xml