Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for Perlbal. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Fedora update for Perlbal
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29619
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29619/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for Perlbal. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
For more information:
SA29565
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update Perlbal").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00672.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00665.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29565:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29565/
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