-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora EPEL Update Notification FEDORA-EPEL-2011-3030 2011-04-10 20:23:19 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : tmux Product : Fedora EPEL 6 Version : 1.4 Release : 3.el6 URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux Summary : A terminal multiplexer Description : tmux is a "terminal multiplexer." It enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU Screen.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
tmux didn't drop group privileges correctly in all cases.
This is fixed by using an updated patch originating from the debian tmux package.
Fixes RHBZ #694564, CVE-2011-1496 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #694564 - CVE-2011-1496 tmux does not drop group tmux privileges properly [epel-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use su -c 'yum update tmux' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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