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TITLE:
Fedora update for autofs

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28168

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28168/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/

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

For more information:
SA28156

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Fedora 7 --

128a3cf695f9c6662f9e474f833af528208182b7
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-31.ppc64.rpm
fc3114f874372d841b08ccee8287f631253454a8 autofs-5.0.1-31.ppc64.rpm
fa139fe88f913d4baaeea0906362776714098254 autofs-5.0.1-31.i386.rpm
58433c1470b32faf39b9c8dd3419907b2f1bc164
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-31.i386.rpm
8e5583a88125b5cc1de040ec7a37b57a5f014ae3
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-31.x86_64.rpm
f4693139aadd71c37002548da618bc6096936bca autofs-5.0.1-31.x86_64.rpm
fd72d964299f2476244c46d7217016a4a477ae0c
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-31.ppc.rpm
86f8116cd5906ead13d350e5455cbfb1a8eb46dd autofs-5.0.1-31.ppc.rpm
a47e9f37124f13bc7b720df5f6118a69e78ee329 autofs-5.0.1-31.src.rpm

-- Fedora 8 --

b08e6a8236afd2250c8542612de29016f5d55efa
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.2-24.ppc64.rpm
138d99ea5884b4128560dc1219d35045275bf34c autofs-5.0.2-24.ppc64.rpm
ef3527ea1b8230a764bddb76225eb2321ca60833
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.2-24.i386.rpm
297cb54d73055ad2bd2942997cde4d63dbe3a40a autofs-5.0.2-24.i386.rpm
ff889edb84ef0e04635ced4d3bb6068827c49f78 autofs-5.0.2-24.x86_64.rpm
a677c2dfac98532125583771ea565ba6f18f263d
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.2-24.x86_64.rpm
359d08650474f1f97eba5421e06aff2a48e447f8
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.2-24.ppc.rpm
f684647d7866a64cf655a582d665d6cefe7506f0 autofs-5.0.2-24.ppc.rpm
32b82ceae98e35860ec74c84f6d5ffac2282f191 autofs-5.0.2-24.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00732.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00726.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28156:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28156/

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