Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for libungif. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for libungif
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17442
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17442/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for libungif. This fixes two
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's
system.
For more information:
SA17436
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-828.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17436:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17436/
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