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Secunia Security Advisory 29946

Secunia Security Advisory 29946
Posted Apr 28, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

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.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability
systems | linux, gentoo
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Secunia Security Advisory 29946

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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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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.

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