Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for radvd. This fixes some security issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for radvd
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46930
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-21
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for radvd. This fixes some security
issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA46200
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-misc/radvd-1.8.2" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201111-08:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201111-08.xml
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