Sunday, October 24, 2010

GNU C library (glibc): privilege escalation vulnerability

Users of GNU C library (glibc) please be advised of a privilege escalation vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
MDVSA-2010:207: [MDVSA-2010:207] glibc
Problem Description:



A vulnerability in the GNU C library (glibc) was discovered which

could escalate the privilegies for local users (CVE-2010-3847).Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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