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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS USN-526-1 Critical: Debian-Goodies Local Exploit

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore the details of Ubuntu's USN-526-1 concerning the vulnerability in debian-goodies and its possible effects on local user permissions.
Thomas de Grenier de Latour discovered that the checkrestart program included in debian-goodies did not correctly handle shell meta-characters

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security advisory critical privilege escalation local exploit ubuntu debian-goodies

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-526-1 October 04, 2007

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security advisory critical privilege escalation local exploit ubuntu debian-goodies

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