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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-b11b460865
2017-02-28 19:55:06.900435
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Name : util-linux
Product : Fedora 24
Version : 2.28.2
Release : 2.fc24
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-2017-2616
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1418710 - CVE-2017-2616 util-linux: Sending SIGKILL to other processes with
root privileges via su
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418710
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade util-linux' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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