Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for peercast. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for peercast
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19291
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19291/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for peercast. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA19169
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-sound/peercast-0.1217" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-17.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19169:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19169/
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