Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for fwbuilder and libfwbuilder. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for fwbuilder and libfwbuilder
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38585
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38585/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for fwbuilder and libfwbuilder. This
fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA36809
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update fwbuilder
libfwbuilder").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-0157:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035113.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36809:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36809/
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