exploit the possibilities
Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

Secunia Security Advisory 28714

Secunia Security Advisory 28714
Posted Feb 1, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for goffice. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and compromise a vulnerable system.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability
systems | linux, gentoo
SHA-256 | 2abfce5b03dcd298c8bc0fcfc106eb6c9275ea1c59757de55429074e4a84804b

Secunia Security Advisory 28714

Change Mirror Download


----------------------------------------------------------------------

A new version (0.9.0.0 - Release Candidate 1) of the free Secunia PSI
has been released. The new version includes many new and advanced
features, which makes it even easier to stay patched.

Download and test it today:
https://psi.secunia.com/

Read more about this new version:
https://psi.secunia.com/?page=changelog

----------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE:
Gentoo update for goffice

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28714

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for goffice. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive
information, and compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable PCRE
library.

For more information:
SA27543

SOLUTION:
GOffice 0.4.x users:
Update to "x11-libs/goffice-0.4.3" or later.

GOffice 0.6.x users:
Update to "x11-libs/goffice-0.6.1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27543:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543/

----------------------------------------------------------------------

About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Login or Register to add favorites

File Archive:

June 2023

  • Su
  • Mo
  • Tu
  • We
  • Th
  • Fr
  • Sa
  • 1
    Jun 1st
    18 Files
  • 2
    Jun 2nd
    13 Files
  • 3
    Jun 3rd
    0 Files
  • 4
    Jun 4th
    0 Files
  • 5
    Jun 5th
    32 Files
  • 6
    Jun 6th
    39 Files
  • 7
    Jun 7th
    22 Files
  • 8
    Jun 8th
    0 Files
  • 9
    Jun 9th
    0 Files
  • 10
    Jun 10th
    0 Files
  • 11
    Jun 11th
    0 Files
  • 12
    Jun 12th
    0 Files
  • 13
    Jun 13th
    0 Files
  • 14
    Jun 14th
    0 Files
  • 15
    Jun 15th
    0 Files
  • 16
    Jun 16th
    0 Files
  • 17
    Jun 17th
    0 Files
  • 18
    Jun 18th
    0 Files
  • 19
    Jun 19th
    0 Files
  • 20
    Jun 20th
    0 Files
  • 21
    Jun 21st
    0 Files
  • 22
    Jun 22nd
    0 Files
  • 23
    Jun 23rd
    0 Files
  • 24
    Jun 24th
    0 Files
  • 25
    Jun 25th
    0 Files
  • 26
    Jun 26th
    0 Files
  • 27
    Jun 27th
    0 Files
  • 28
    Jun 28th
    0 Files
  • 29
    Jun 29th
    0 Files
  • 30
    Jun 30th
    0 Files

Top Authors In Last 30 Days

File Tags

Systems

packet storm

© 2022 Packet Storm. All rights reserved.

Services
Security Services
Hosting By
Rokasec
close