[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: hplip-3.11.7-2.fc16

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-11116
2011-08-18 21:51:09
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Name        : hplip
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 3.11.7
Release     : 2.fc16
URL         : http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project
Description :
The Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project provides
drivers for HP printers and multi-function peripherals.

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Update Information:

This update fixes a temporary file vulnerability in the fax support of HPLIP when debugging is enabled.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #725830 - CVE-2011-2722 hplip: insecure temporary file handling
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update hplip' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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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