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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-992-1 Moderate: eglibc Local Escalation Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey June 19, 2017
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance eglibc to rectify local privilege elevation vulnerabilities identified by Qualys Research Labs for Debian Wheezy.
The Qualys Research Labs discovered various problems in the dynamic linker of the GNU C Library which allow local privilege escalation by clashing the stack

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your eglibc packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: eglibc
Version: 2.13-38+deb7u12
CVE ID: CVE-2017-1000366

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