Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for exim. This fixes two weaknesses, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for exim
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40123
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-06-10
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for exim. This fixes two weaknesses,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA40019
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update exim").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-9506:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.html
FEDORA-2010-9524:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.html
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