Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for libcgroup. This fixes a weakness and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for libcgroup
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43891
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-29
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libcgroup. This fixes a weakness and
a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
bypass certain security restrictions and gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA43611
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update libcgroup").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-2631:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html
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