TITLE:
Gentoo scorched3d Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17549

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17549/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in scorched3d, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA17423

SOLUTION:
Gentoo advises users to unmerge the "games-strategy/scorched3d"
package.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-12.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17423:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17423/

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