TITLE:
Gentoo update for teTeX / pTeX / CSTeX

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19125

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19125/

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 updates for teTeX, pTeX, and CSTeX. These fix a
vulnerability, 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:
SA17916

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

teTeX:
Update to "app-text/tetex-2.0.2-r8" or later.

pTeX:
Update to "app-text/ptex-3.1.5-r1" or later.

CSTeX:
Update to "app-text/cstetex-2.0.2-r2" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-02.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17916:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17916/

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