Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for gnutls. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks, manipulate certain data, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for gnutls
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49708
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-25
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for gnutls. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct spoofing attacks, manipulate certain data, cause a DoS
(Denial of Service), and potentially compromise an application using
the library.
For more information:
SA36266
SA46770
SA37292
SA48488
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-libs/gnutls-2.12.18" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201206-18:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-18.xml
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