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TITLE:
Fedora update for blam

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27799

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27799/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for blam. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA26480

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

7bc7f1f01d672abaa13f4a2e4c02a8c01a1f1c2e blam-1.8.3-9.fc7.i386.rpm
0c9aa73347873be18fca0e9d0accd8a31634fa34
blam-debuginfo-1.8.3-9.fc7.i386.rpm
5a05537c6b4aabccd52ec6c308bee3015acb9918
blam-debuginfo-1.8.3-9.fc7.x86_64.rpm
5cc7d651d09410b957605518285581434fe6f626 blam-1.8.3-9.fc7.x86_64.rpm
1c89824bf2ccc11c11406acb32cb3c3d126eaeb2 blam-1.8.3-9.fc7.ppc.rpm
b10961d8e75d2716a1c145667ff753e7717df80f
blam-debuginfo-1.8.3-9.fc7.ppc.rpm
4413684e045f0c2fa88816ce4fce6064e11bf91a blam-1.8.3-9.fc7.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00913.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26480:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26480/

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