From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2006 - 02:32:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo Doomsday Format String Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19519

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19519/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in doomsday, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA19515

SOLUTION:
The vendor advises to uninstall the package until further notice.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-05.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19515:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19515/

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