Fedora 18 Update: libcap-2.22-5.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-8211
2013-05-15 02:37:30
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Name        : libcap
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 2.22
Release     : 5.fc18
URL         : http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/
Summary     : Library for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Description :
libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6)
draft 15 capabilities.

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Update Information:

fix use of uninitialized memory in _fcaps_load
mv libraries to /usr/lib* 
add getpcaps man page 
spec file cleanup
fix URL of tarball
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ChangeLog:

* Tue May 14 2013 Karsten Hopp <karsten at redhat.com> 2.22-5
- mv libraries to /usr/lib*
- add getpcaps man page 
- spec file cleanup
- fix URL of tarball
* Tue May 14 2013 Karsten Hopp <karsten at redhat.com> 2.22-4
- add patch from Mark Wielaard to fix use of uninitialized memory in _fcaps_load
  rhbz #911878
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #911878 - use of uninitialized memory in _fcaps_load because of signed sizeof comparison in cap_get_fd and cap_get_file
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911878
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