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[SA26006] Gentoo XnView XPM File Handling Buffer Overflow

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2007 - 17:17:13 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo XnView XPM File Handling Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26006

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26006/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a vulnerability in XnView, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA24973

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends unmerging the xnview package and using an
alternative image viewer and conversion utility.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-06.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24973/

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