Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for silc. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for silc
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29946
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29946/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for silc. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA29174
SA29459
SA29463
SOLUTION:
Update to the latest versions:
"net-im/silc-toolkit-1.1.7"
"net-im/silc-client-1.1.4"
"net-im/silc-server-1.1.2"
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29174:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29174/
SA29459:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29459/
SA29463:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29463/
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