---------------------------------------------------------------------- To improve our services to our customers, we have made a number of additions to the Secunia Advisories and have started translating the advisories to German. The improvements will help our customers to get a better understanding of how we reached our conclusions, how it was rated, our thoughts on exploitation, attack vectors, and scenarios. This includes: * Reason for rating * Extended description * Extended solution * Exploit code or links to exploit code * Deep links Read the full description: http://corporate.secunia.com/products/48/?r=l Contact Secunia Sales for more information: http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/15/?r=l ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Gentoo update for avahi SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23042 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23042/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Security Bypass WHERE: Local system OPERATING SYSTEM: Gentoo Linux 1.x http://secunia.com/product/339/ DESCRIPTION: Gentoo has issued an update for avahi. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions. For more information: SA22807 SOLUTION: Update to "net-dns/avahi-0.6.15" or later. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml OTHER REFERENCES: SA22807: http://secunia.com/advisories/22807/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------