From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Feb 05 2009 - 11:24:05 CST

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TITLE:
Fedora update for gnumeric

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33823

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33823/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

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

For more information:
SA33707

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-1295:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00211.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33707:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33707/

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