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TITLE:
Fedora update for nfs-utils

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33545

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33545/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

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

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has acknowledged a weakness in nfs-utils, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to the nfs-utils package being build
without support for TCP wrappers, which can be exploited to e.g.
bypass intended security restrictions relying on TCP wrappers.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum updates
nfs-utils").

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-0297:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00526.html

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