Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for netscape-flash. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information or compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for netscape-flash
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26357
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26357/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for netscape-flash. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain
knowledge of sensitive information or compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA26027
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-www/netscape-flash-9.0.48.0" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-01.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26027:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26027/
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