Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for bournal. This fixes multiple security issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information and to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for bournal
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38814
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38814/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for bournal. This fixes multiple security
issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose
sensitive information and to perform certain actions with escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA38554
SA38723
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update bournal").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-3301:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bournal-1.4.1-1.fc11
FEDORA-2010-3221:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bournal-1.4.1-1.fc12
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38554:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38554/
SA38723:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38723/
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