Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for gnutls. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for gnutls
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32681
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32681/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for gnutls. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
For more information:
SA32619
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update gnutls").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-9600:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00293.html
FEDORA-2008-9530:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00222.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32619:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32619/
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