Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for live. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for live
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29356
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29356/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for live. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
For more information:
SA27711
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-plugins/live-2008.02.08" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-22.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27711:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27711/
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