VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - March 07, 2011

Fedora update for q

Release Date : 2011-03-07

Criticality level : Not critical
Impact : Priviledge Escalation
Where : Local system
Solution Status : Vendor Patch

Operating System: Fedora 13
Fedora 14

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

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

Original Advisory:
FEDORA-2011-1958:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054915.html
FEDORA-2011-1967:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054921.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/43617/