Package : resmgr Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local Debian-specific: no
A problem has been discovered in resmgr, a resource manager library daemon and PAM module, that allows local users to bypass access control rules and open any USB device when access to one device was granted.
the old stable distribution (woody) does not contain resmgr packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0-2sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your resmgr package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------