Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for netpbm. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for netpbm
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17265
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/17265/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for netpbm. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA17221
SOLUTION:
Update to "media-libs/netpbm-10.29" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17221:
https://secunia.com/advisories/17221/
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