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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes Pngcrush Code Execution Vulnerability

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Pngcrush Code Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1487
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1382
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-13

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A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowlkedge of sensitive information, cause a denial of service or compromise an affected system [...]

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=media-gfx/pngcrush-1.6.4-r1"

ChangeLog

2008-05-13 : Initial release

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