Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0159 (libgssglue)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0159: libgssglue-0.1-8.1.mga1
 (1/core), libgssglue-0.4-1.mga2 (2/core) 
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:58:06 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0159
Date: 	July 10th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


Description:
This update fixes insecure getenv() usage in libgssglue, which could be
used under some circumstances by local attackers do gain root
privileges.
(CVE-2011-2709)


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
lib(64)gssglue1-0.1-8.1.mga1
lib(64)gssglue-devel-0.1-8.1.mga1

Mageia 2:
lib(64)gssglue1-0.4-1.mga2
lib(64)gssglue-devel-0.4-1.mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2709
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011...
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6424
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...