[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: compat-libuv010-0.10.34-1.fc22

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-2563
2015-02-25 15:02:07
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Name        : compat-libuv010
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 0.10.34
Release     : 1.fc22
URL         : http://libuv.org/
Summary     : Platform layer for node.js - compatibility library for nodejs 0.10.x
Description :
Compatibility libuv library for nodejs 0.10.x.

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Update Information:

It was found that libuv does not call setgoups before calling setuid/setgid.
This may potentially allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1194651 - CVE-2015-0278 libuv: incorrect revocation order while relinquishing privileges
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194651
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update compat-libuv010' at the command line.
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available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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