Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for imp. This fixes a security issue and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions, and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and manipulate data.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for imp
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29185
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29185/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for imp. This fixes a security issue and
a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass
certain security restrictions, and by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions and manipulate data.
For more information:
SA28020
SA28982
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update imp").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00889.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00926.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28020:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28020/
SA28982:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28982/
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