Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for automake. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate certain data.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for automake
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38288
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38288/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for automake. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate
certain data.
For more information:
SA37814
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update automake").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-1216:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034542.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA37814:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37814/
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