Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for ldns. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for ldns
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46476
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for ldns. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise an
application using the library.
For more information:
SA46153
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update ldns").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-13915:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068201.html
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