Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for yelp. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for yelp
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31834
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31834/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for yelp. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.
For more information:
SA31465
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update yelp").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00222.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31465:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31465/
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