Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for quassel. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to hijack IRC connections.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for quassel
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32692
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32692/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Hijacking
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for quassel. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to hijack IRC
connections.
For more information:
SA32470
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update quassel").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-9658:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00354.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32470:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32470/
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