USN-4820-1: S-nail vulnerability

15 March 2021

S-nail could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

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It was discovered that S-nail incorrectly handled paths. An attacker could
possible use this issue to write arbitrary files and escalate privileges.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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