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Posted on 17 May 2011
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TITLE:
Fedora update for acpid
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44621
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-17
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for acpid. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA42947
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update acpid").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-6460:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060053.html
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