Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for xorg-x11-xfs. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for xorg-x11-xfs
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35674
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35674/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for xorg-x11-xfs. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform actions with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition within the
handling of temporary files when the xfs font server startup script
is executed. This can be exploited to change the permissions of
arbitrary files.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update
xorg-x11-xfs").
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
An anonymous person, reported via iDefense.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-3666:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00095.html
FEDORA-2009-3651:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00096.html
iDefense:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelli...lnerabilities/display.php?id=557
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