Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system or potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for ktorrent
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25097
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25097/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes two
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system or potentially
compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA24486
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-p2p/ktorrent-2.1.3" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24486:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24486/
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