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TITLE:
Fedora update for DeviceKit-power

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41073

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-24

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for DeviceKit-power. This fixes a
security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to DeviceKit-power being compiled
with a vulnerable copy of D-Bus GLib.

For more information:
SA41071

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update
DeviceKit-power").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-12911:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046008.html

FEDORA-2010-12863:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/045980.html

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EXPLOIT:
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