Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for scponly. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for scponly
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28981
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28981/
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 scponly. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.
For more information:
SA28123
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update scponly").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00595.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00546.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28123:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28123/
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