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Secunia Security Advisory 43047

Posted on 25 January 2011
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TITLE:
Fedora update for libuser

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43047

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-24

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libuser. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

For more information:
SA42891

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update libuser").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-0316:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053365.html

FEDORA-2011-0320:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053378.html

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