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[SA11735] Gentoo update for mplayer/xine-lib

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon May 31 2004 - 03:07:26 CDT


TITLE:
Gentoo update for mplayer/xine-lib

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA11735

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11735/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued updates for mplayer and xine-lib. These fix some
vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA11500

SOLUTION:
Update to "media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre4" and
"media-libs/xine-lib-1_rc4" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-24.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA11500:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11500/

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