Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for zziplib. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain escalated privileges or compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for zziplib
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24708
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24708/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for zziplib. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to gain escalated
privileges or compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA24586
SOLUTION:
Update to "dev-libs/zziplib-0.13.49" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-05.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24586:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24586/
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