Security update for package ncpfs
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(Last modified: 17DEC2004)
solutions Security update for package ncpfs SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (1ff6e6ba79e765dbf4515f2a5380cdd6)
ncpfs-devel
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8
SuSE Linux School Server for i386
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for x86
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IPF
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4
Patch: patch-9559
Release: 20041217
Obsoletes: none
ncplogin
and ncpmap
contain a possible buffer overflow. Both applications are installed setuid root
on SUSE Linux, but only users of the group 'trusted
' are allowed to execute the binaries. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability could be used to gain root
privileges locally. This update fixes the vulnerability.rpm -Fvh ncpfs.rpm ncpfs-devel.rpm
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