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TITLE:
Fedora update for xar

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39774

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39774/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for xar. This fixes a security issue,
which can potentially be exploited to bypass certain security
restrictions.

A design error in xar when validating package signatures may result
in manipulated packages appearing as validly signed.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-7631:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041276.html

FEDORA-2010-7670:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041305.html

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