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TITLE:
Fedora update for jhead

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34167

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34167/

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

For more information:
SA32420

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-1776:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00177.html

FEDORA-2009-1824:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00174.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32420:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32420/

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