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TITLE:
Fedora update for xen

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29172

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29172/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for xen. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.

For more information see vulnerability #3 in:
SA28405

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00957.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00900.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28405:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28405/

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