Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for abiword. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for abiword
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17264
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17264/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for abiword. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA17199
SOLUTION:
Update to "app-office/abiword-2.2.11" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17199:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17199/
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