TITLE:
fprobe "change user" Feature Unspecified Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12648

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12648/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
fprobe 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3947/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue with an unknown impact has been reported in fprobe.

The problem is caused due to an unspecified error within the "change
user" feature.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.06:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fprobe/fprobe-1.0.6.tar.bz2?download

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=63535&release_id=269809

OTHER REFERENCES:
OSVDB:
http://www.osvdb.org/10254

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