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Fedora update for wyrd Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29113  
Release Date: 2008-02-26

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 7
Fedora 8


CVE reference:CVE-2008-0806 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Fedora has issued an update for wyrd. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA29009

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update wyrd").

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00825.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00841.html

Other References:
SA29009:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29009/



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