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Gentoo update for tiff
Secunia Advisory: SA31797
Release Date: 2008-09-09
Popularity: 586 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-2327


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for tiff. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA31610

Solution:
Update to "media-libs/tiff-3.8.2-r4" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-07.xml

Other References:
SA31610:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31610/


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