[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: util-linux-2.24.2-2.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-16016
2014-12-01 18:07:15
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Name        : util-linux
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 2.24.2
Release     : 2.fc20
URL         : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
Summary     : A collection of basic system utilities
Description :
The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
program.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2014-9114
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Nov 27 2014 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.24.2-2
- fix #1168490 - CVE-2014-9114 util-linux: command injection flaw in blkid
* Thu Apr 24 2014 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.24.2-1
- upgrade to stable release 2.24.2
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.24/v2.24.2-ReleaseNotes
* Thu Jan 30 2014 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.24.1-2
- use rpm autosetup
* Mon Jan 20 2014 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.24.1-1
- upgrade to stable release 2.24.1
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.24/v2.24.1-ReleaseNotes
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1168485 - CVE-2014-9114 util-linux: command injection flaw in blkid
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168485
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update util-linux' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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