Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for curl. 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 curl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19344
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19344/
CRITICAL:
Moderately 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 curl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.
For more information:
SA19271
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-misc/curl-7.15.1-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-19.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19271:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19271/
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