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Fedora 23 Security Notice: GPG Keys Revision for CVE-2016-6299

* Security fix for CVE-2016-6299 * Additionally GPG key for Mageia has been renamed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-5a12527790 2016-09-22 20:29:44.067573 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : distribution-gpg-keys Product : Fedora 23 Version : 1.7 Release : 1.fc23 URL : https://github.com/rpm-software-management/distribution-gpg-keys Summary : GPG keys of various Linux distributions Description : GPG keys used by various Linux distributions to sign packages. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: * Security fix for CVE-2016-6299 * Additionally GPG key for Mageia has been renamed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1375490 - CVE-2016-6299 mock: privilige escalation via mock-scm https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375490 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update distribution-gpg-keys' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . 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/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Fedora 23 has rolled out a vital GPG key security patch to address potential privilege escalation vulnerabilities and has updated the Mageia GPG key naming. GPG Keys Update,Fedora Security Fix,Privilege Escalation Threat. . Severity: Important.LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 23, 2016 •Important Fedora