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Liferea Insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH Privilege Escalation

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A security issue has been reported in Liferea, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.


Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

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Original Source: http://secunia.com/advisories/27771/

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