Fedora update for coreutils

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA37860

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/37860/

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

For more information: SA37645

SOLUTION: Apply updated packages via the yum utility (“yum update coreutils”).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: FEDORA-2009-13216: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html

FEDORA-2009-13181: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html

OTHER REFERENCES: SA37645: http://secunia.com/advisories/37645/

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