Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for xine-lib. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for xine-lib
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24866
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24866/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/
Slackware Linux 10.0
http://secunia.com/product/4368/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for xine-lib. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA24443
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 10.0:
a4fac5c1692d7e3e693d33485d8f238b
xine-lib-1.1.6-i686-1_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1:
f1b482bc314e827946be08249a7a1f67
xine-lib-1.1.6-i686-1_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2:
84cef008726751072a0ebcfeb861e4fa
xine-lib-1.1.6-i686-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0:
a9001ed332e1f09c53e2de90b9ff652a
xine-lib-1.1.6-i686-1_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware -current:
751958cb4eb3067130633294af25f365 xine-lib-1.1.6-i686-2.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449141
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24443:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24443/
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