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Posted on 02 April 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4163-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
April 02, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : beep
CVE ID : CVE-2018-0492
It was discovered that a race condition in beep (if configured as setuid
via debconf) allows local privilege escalation.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.3-3+deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3-4+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your beep packages.
For the detailed security status of beep please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/beep
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
