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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2017-13b5cb36c3 Moderate: Plasma Executable Issue

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2017
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A patch for Fedora 24 tackles a problem within KDE Plasma regarding executable items on the desktop, enhancing security measures.
it was found that KDE plasma does not honor the setting for prompting when executing executable files on the desktop

Summary

Plasma Desktop shell.

Update Information:

it was found that KDE plasma does not honor the setting for prompting when executing executable files on the desktop. This update resolves this issue.

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Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-13b5cb36c3 2017-02-22 13:27:29.729110
Name : plasma-desktop Product : Fedora 24 Version : 5.8.5 Release : 4.fc24 URL : Summary : Plasma Desktop shell Description : Plasma Desktop shell.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade plasma-desktop' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: plasma-desktop
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 5.8.5
Release: 4.fc24
URL: Summary : Plasma Desktop shell

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update Fedora plasma desktop executable issue

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