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TITLE:
Fedora update for xen

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27072

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27072/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
https://secunia.com/product/15552/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for xen. This fixes some vulnerabilities,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions and gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA26986

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

314a0c19e1ea7c6511775bb27603b4ca64336ce3
xen-devel-3.1.0-6.fc7.i386.rpm
7d62407bd1470b6df7878c594f16d9cdcaaba2c2 xen-3.1.0-6.fc7.i386.rpm
e7af639972801128410926468e8f13b5c790ab3a
xen-libs-3.1.0-6.fc7.i386.rpm
2499de56aafec2ff23c32957e092c3b6c6d68a6b
xen-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.fc7.i386.rpm
3bfb809dac6cc7589b5232e5c70f27fb9ef14264
xen-debuginfo-3.1.0-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
102bc8e81305815da907a0c9d28e16f687435b09
xen-devel-3.1.0-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
50b994595fce00d113f091f40f3abca4436813b7 xen-3.1.0-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
edf2ae923a432118d51e6d572384379f2d04718a
xen-libs-3.1.0-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
79aa182050cb17e2c761116631d2e02c80722994 xen-3.1.0-6.fc7.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00030.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26986:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26986/

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