[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: nut-2.6.3-4.fc15

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-8747
2012-06-01 16:20:14
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Name        : nut
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 2.6.3
Release     : 4.fc15
URL         : http://www.networkupstools.org/
Summary     : Network UPS Tools
Description :
These programs are part of a developing project to monitor the assortment
of UPSes that are found out there in the field. Many models have serial
ports of some kind that allow some form of state checking. This
capability has been harnessed where possible to allow for safe shutdowns,
live status tracking on web pages, and more.

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Update Information:

fix heap-based buffer overflow due improper processing of non-printable characters in random network data (CVE-2012-2944)
- no change, just updated release number to fix upgrade path
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ChangeLog:

* Thu May 31 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.3-4
- fix heap-based buffer overflow due improper processing of non-printable 
  characters in random network data (CVE-2012-2944)
* Mon May 14 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.3-3
- fix paths, UsrMove happened only in F17+
* Mon Apr 16 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.3-2
- do not forget to create /var/run/nut before starting service (#812825)
* Fri Jan 13 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.3-1
- nut updated to 2.6.3
* Fri Sep 16 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.2-1
- nut updated to 2.6.2
* Mon Aug 22 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.1-4
- service startup not reported correctly in netclient mode (#732151)
* Tue Aug 16 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.1-3
- update requirements of packages
* Fri Aug 12 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.1-2
- standard dependency adds udev, but we need it for %pre script
* Tue Jun  7 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.1-1
- nut updated to 2.6.1
* Mon May 30 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.0-8
- remove hal requirement from -cgi and -client
* Fri May 20 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 2.6.0-7
- add shutdown script for systemd
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #826489 - CVE-2012-2944 nut: Heap-based buffer overflow due improper processing of non-printable characters in random network data
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826489
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update nut' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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