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TITLE:
Fedora update for nano

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39618

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39618/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for nano. This fixes two security issues,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA39444

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-6775:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nano-2.0.9-6.fc12

FEDORA-2010-6776:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nano-2.0.9-1.fc11

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA39444:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39444/

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