Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for inkscape. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for inkscape
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17778
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17778/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for inkscape. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
For more information:
SA17651
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-gfx/inkscape-0.43" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-22.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17651:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17651/
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