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Fedora alert FEDORA-2010-1327 (bltk)

From:  updates@fedoraproject.org
To:  package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: bltk-1.0.8-3.fc11
Date:  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:32:55 +0000
Message-ID:  <20100218223255.D2BC610FAD7@bastion02.phx2.fedoraproject.org>
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2010-1327 2010-02-18 16:56:27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : bltk Product : Fedora 11 Version : 1.0.8 Release : 3.fc11 URL : http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/bltk/ Summary : The BLTK measures notebook battery life under any workload Description : This tool kit is used to measure battery life and performance under different workloads on Linux. Test can be used with various workloads to simulate different types of laptop usage. The following workloads are currently implemented: a) Idle workload - collect statistics only b) Developer workload - simulates code development in Linux environment c) Reader workload - simulates text reading on laptop d) DVD playback workload - simulates laptop entertaining usage e) 3d game workload - simulates 3D-gaming on laptop f) Office Activity workload - simulates laptop usage for different office activities (based on OpenOffice.org office suit) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix arbitrary command execution as root -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Feb 16 2010 Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> 1.0.8-3 - fixed #542688 - bltk will run any cmd as root -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #542688 - bltk will run any command as root https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542688 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update bltk' 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-...


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