Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for git. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or malicious people to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for git
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34194
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for git. This fixes some vulnerabilities,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges or malicious people to potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA33270
SA33607
SOLUTION:
Update to version "dev-util/git-1.6.0.6" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200903-15:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33270:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33270/
SA33607:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33607/
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