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Fedora 23: FEDORA-2015-84b1635e90 Critical: Sos Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey December 28, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ubuntu has released an update for the system analysis tool to mitigate a significant security flaw identified as CVE-2021-3489, bolstering the overall security framework.
Security fix for CVE-2015-7529

Summary

Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system

hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for

diagnostic purposes and debugging. Sos is commonly used to help

support technicians and developers.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2015-7529

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical privilege escalation security fix sos

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1282542 - CVE-2015-7529 sos: Usage of predictable temporary files allows privilege escalation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update sos' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: sos
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 3.2
Release: 2.fc23
URL: https://github.com/sosreport/sos
Summary: A set of tools to gather troubleshooting information from a system

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical privilege escalation security fix sos

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