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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes PTeX Code Execution and DoS Issues

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes PTeX Code Execution and DoS Issues
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1490
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0650 - CVE-2007-2756 - CVE-2007-3387 - CVE-2007-3387 - CVE-2007-3472 - CVE-2007-3473 - CVE-2007-3474 - CVE-2007-3475 - CVE-2007-3476 - CVE-2007-3477 - CVE-2007-3478 - CVE-2007-4033 - CVE-2007-4352 - CVE-2007-5392 - CVE-2007-5393 - CVE-2007-5935 - CVE-2007-5936 - CVE-2007-5937
Rated as : High Risk

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

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions [...]

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=app-text/ptex-3.1.10_p20071203"

ChangeLog

2008-05-13 : Initial release

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