Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for compiz-fusion. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to a system to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for compiz-fusion
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34465
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34465/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for compiz-fusion. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical
access to a system to bypass certain security restrictions.
For more information:
SA33077
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update
compiz-fusion").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-3003:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00878.html
FEDORA-2009-2986:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00860.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33077:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33077/
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