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[SA38585] Fedora update for fwbuilder and libfwbuilder

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Feb 16 2010 - 17:44:12 CST


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TITLE:
Fedora update for fwbuilder and libfwbuilder

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38585

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38585/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for fwbuilder and libfwbuilder. This
fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA36809

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-0157:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035113.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36809:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36809/

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