TITLE:
Gentoo update for openssh / dropbear

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18969

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18969/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for openssh / dropbear. This fixes a
weakness, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local
users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA18579
SA18964

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

OpenSSH users:
Update to "net-misc/openssh-4.2_p1-r1" or later.

Dropbear users:
Update to "net-misc/dropbear-0.47-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-11.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18579:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18579/

SA18964:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18964/

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