Fedora: 2009:11710 Critical: WordPress 2.8.6 Security Issue
fedora
November 18, 2009
2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges
Summary
Wordpress is an online publishing / weblog package that makes it very easy,
almost trivial, to get information out to people on the web.
Update Information:
2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Nov 16 2009 Adrian Reber
References
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-11710 2009-11-18 13:34:05
Name : wordpress Product : Fedora 12 Version : 2.8.6 Release : 2.fc12 URL : https://wordpress.org/ Summary : WordPress blogging software Description : Wordpress is an online publishing / weblog package that makes it very easy, almost trivial, to get information out to people on the web.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update wordpress' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: wordpress
Product: Fedora 12
Version: 2.8.6
Release: 2.fc12
Summary: WordPress blogging software
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