Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for torque. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for torque
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45040
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for torque. This fixes two
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA45039
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update torque").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-8117:
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