Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued updates for libtasn1/gnutls. These fix a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for libtasn1/gnutls
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18898
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18898/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued updates for libtasn1/gnutls. These fix a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people
to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA18794
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
libtasn1:
Update to "dev-libs/libtasn1-0.2.18" or later.
GNU TLS:
Update to "net-libs/gnutls-1.2.10" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200602-08.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18794:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18794/
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