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TITLE:
Gentoo update for nano

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39984

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-06-03

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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for nano. This fixes two security issues,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA39444

SOLUTION:
Update to "app-editors/nano-2.2.4" or greater.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201006-08:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201006-08.xml

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