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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mod_perl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25110

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25110/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for mod_perl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

For more information:
SA24678

SOLUTION:
Users of mod_perl 1.x:
Update to "www-apache/mod_perl-1.30"

Users of mod_perl 2.x:
Update to "www-apache/mod_perl-2.0.3-r1"

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-04.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24678:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24678/

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