[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: libproxy-0.4.11-1.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-19879
2012-12-06 20:00:56
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Name        : libproxy
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 0.4.11
Release     : 1.fc18
URL         : http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/
Summary     : A library handling all the details of proxy configuration
Description :
libproxy offers the following features:

    * extremely small core footprint (< 35K)
    * no external dependencies within libproxy core
      (libproxy plugins may have dependencies)
    * only 3 functions in the stable external API
    * dynamic adjustment to changing network topology
    * a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios
    * a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment

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Update Information:

CVE-2012-5580 libproxy: format string flaw in bin/proxy
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Dec  3 2012 Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart at gmail.com> - 0.4.11-1
- Update to 0.4.11 -  CVE-2012-5580
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #883100 - CVE-2012-5580 libproxy: format string flaw in bin/proxy
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update libproxy' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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