TITLE:
Fedora update for sysreport

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17539

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17539/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 4
http://secunia.com/product/5251/
Fedora Core 3
http://secunia.com/product/4222/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for sysreport. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA16381

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 3:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

8dabc05d02dd5de023b4ddc2a2a14efd  SRPMS/sysreport-1.3.13-2.src.rpm
bd236adf3d6272adbc4167e29ce713f5 
x86_64/sysreport-1.3.13-2.noarch.rpm
bd236adf3d6272adbc4167e29ce713f5  i386/sysreport-1.3.13-2.noarch.rpm

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

12a5bea3478280e753817be123909ef1  SRPMS/sysreport-1.4.1-5.src.rpm
817347be8397066f39154f558348c626 
x86_64/sysreport-1.4.1-5.noarch.rpm
817347be8397066f39154f558348c626  i386/sysreport-1.4.1-5.noarch.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16381:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16381/

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