Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for pdfjam. This fixes some security issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for pdfjam
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34312
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for pdfjam. This fixes some security
issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform
certain actions with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA33278
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update pdfjam").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-2655:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html
FEDORA-2009-2651:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33278:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33278/
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