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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0032
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0032
Insight
Insight
Perception Point Research Team found a reference leak in keyring in join_session_keyring() that can be exploited to successfully escalate privileges from a local user to root (CVE-2016-0728). Other fixes in this kernel update: - netfilter: nf_nat_redirect: add missing NULL pointer check
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.