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Fedora update for gnutls
Secunia Advisory: SA30302
Release Date: 2008-05-21
Popularity: 1,548 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 7
Fedora 8
Fedora 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1948
CVE-2008-1949
CVE-2008-1950


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for gnutls. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA30287

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

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00615.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00487.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00590.html

Other References:
SA30287:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30287/


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