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TITLE:
Red Hat update for lynx

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32416

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32416/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1044/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1326/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4670/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13653/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for lynx. This fixes a weakness, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA32407

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2008-0965:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0965.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32407:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32407/

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