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TITLE:
Fedora update for jhead

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32363

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32363/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for jhead. This fixes a security issue,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA32340

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-8941:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html

FEDORA-2008-8928:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32340:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32340/

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