Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for hylafax. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
3c656c1879d9b7e435c0d86ec78c2974bc63be8dabe643e2713cbe6abf294683
TITLE:
Gentoo update for hylafax
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18337
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18337/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for hylafax. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions and by malicious users to compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA18314
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-misc/hylafax-4.2.3-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18314:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18314/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.
Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/
Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/
Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------