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TITLE:
Fedora update for git

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33282

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33282/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/

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

For more information:
SA33270

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-11653:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html

FEDORA-2008-11650:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33270:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33270/

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