Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for mod_suphp. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for mod_suphp
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29648
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29648/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
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 mod_suphp. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA29615
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update mod_suphp").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00014.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00075.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29615:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29615/
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