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TITLE:
Fedora update for systemtap

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42318

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-11-19

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for systemtap. This fixes two
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA42256

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update systemtap").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-17865:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemtap-1.3-3.fc14

FEDORA-2010-17868:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemtap-1.3-3.fc12

FEDORA-2010-17873:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemtap-1.3-3.fc13

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