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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS-9.04 USN-778-1 Moderate: Cron Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu USN-779-1 fixes a vulnerability in the systemd package that could lead to unauthorized access. Ensure you update the affected components promptly to maintain security.
It was discovered that cron did not properly check the return code ofthe setgid() and initgroups() system calls

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security advisory privilege escalation package update moderate threat ubuntu cron local attack mitigation

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cron vulnerability

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security advisory privilege escalation package update moderate threat ubuntu cron local attack mitigation

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