Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for cobbler. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for cobbler
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32804
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32804/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for cobbler. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA32737
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update cobbler").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-9723:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00462.html
FEDORA-2008-9745:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00485.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32737:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32737/
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