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[SA13122] Gentoo update for openssl/groff

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Nov 08 2004 - 07:53:02 CST

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for openssl/groff

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13122

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13122/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued updates for openssl and groff. These fix some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA12974
SA12973

SOLUTION:
Groff:
Update to "sys-apps/groff-1.19.1-r2" or later.

OpenSSL:
Update to "dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7d-r2" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12974:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12974/

SA12973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12973/

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