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Ubuntu KfreeBSD-10 DSA-2820-2 Urgent: Security Flaw Detected

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2013
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Inadequate authorization verifications within the FreeBSD core can result in potential elevation vulnerabilities. It is advisable to update kfreebsd-9 software packages.
Konstantin Belousov and Alan Cox discovered that insufficient permission checks in the memory management of the FreeBSD kernel could lead to privilege escalation
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Summary

Konstantin Belousov and Alan Cox discovered that insufficient permission
checks in the memory management of the FreeBSD kernel could lead to
privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 9.0-10+deb70.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 9.0-12.

We recommend that you upgrade your kfreebsd-9 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: kfreebsd-9
CVE ID: CVE-2013-2171

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