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TITLE:
Fedora update for openssl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27217

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27217/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 6
http://secunia.com/product/12487/

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

For more information:
SA22130
SA25878

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

0b29b061b07bcc499b1e3713b43c6e74c5d5799b 
SRPMS/openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.src.rpm
0b29b061b07bcc499b1e3713b43c6e74c5d5799b 
noarch/openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.src.rpm
e5947ab94c1be21b69c828a7003ec182129924ca 
ppc/openssl-devel-0.9.8b-15.fc6.ppc.rpm
bb48c6445ec7ef4d335a0b728b271488cc75fe80 
ppc/debug/openssl-debuginfo-0.9.8b-15.fc6.ppc.rpm
f9dbd95711d1d671d4f3a98e3b1e3a773546c628 
ppc/openssl-perl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.ppc.rpm
9bdba2bdc4669aa9330392cc2306c53cc1f31821 
ppc/openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.ppc.rpm
164227db4e72c170c3717d06f15d299c12a28796 
x86_64/openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.x86_64.rpm
489e9d68a23bd6f3257fd0e97025ea6fdb2f2aa1 
x86_64/debug/openssl-debuginfo-0.9.8b-15.fc6.x86_64.rpm
39a3d0b4fa9b48251f082457fe3ab26f5a6d1068 
x86_64/openssl-perl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.x86_64.rpm
fa947aa3cf3f2fc18dfc98684e12009c0e360fcf 
x86_64/openssl-devel-0.9.8b-15.fc6.x86_64.rpm
99ff54639cba70d0bcf7d9f40029922ac29e4be6 
i386/openssl-devel-0.9.8b-15.fc6.i386.rpm
b4c2dd0bee9df3bedee190449b536c3e4b1e8355 
i386/debug/openssl-debuginfo-0.9.8b-15.fc6.i386.rpm
a50c0df691bd247b9bf9b5287028d3cf6e89907c 
i386/openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.i386.rpm
918726294f79400ec2156feb111504304dfe6643 
i386/openssl-perl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.i386.rpm
def46b59c096aa54c8cf1be42e8dd16f64cdceb9 
i386/debug/openssl-debuginfo-0.9.8b-15.fc6.i686.rpm
2af70ea377ba1564739cb76b997e4f9f3893793a 
i386/openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6.i686.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00218.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130/

SA25878:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25878/

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