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| Secunia ID | |
| CVE-ID | |
| Release Date |
27 Feb 2013 |
| Criticality | |
| Solution Status |
Vendor Patch |
| Where | |
| Impact |
Privilege escalationThis 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. |
| Description |
Red Hat has issued an update for kernel. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. For more information: |
| Solution |
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network. |
| Original Advisory |
RHSA-2013:0567-01: |