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TITLE:
Fedora update for avahi

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45960

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-13

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for avahi. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

For more information:
SA43361

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-11588:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065686.html

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