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TITLE:
Fedora update for irssi

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39797

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39797/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for irssi. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA39365

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update irssi").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-6629:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041054.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA39365:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39365/

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