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SUSE: CVE-2016-5759: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 17, 2016
Added
Oct 17, 2016
Modified
Jun 20, 2021

Description

The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.

Solution

suse-upgrade-kdump
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