From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Jul 04 2008 - 11:24:03 CDT

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TITLE:
Fedora update for glib2

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30945

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30945/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for glib2. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA30944

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update glib2").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30944
http://secunia.com/advisories/30944/

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