Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for optipng. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for optipng
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32962
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32962/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for optipng. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.
For more information:
SA32651
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-gfx/optipng-0.6.2" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200812-01:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32651:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32651/
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