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Gentoo update for flex
Secunia Advisory: SA19228
Release Date: 2006-03-13
Popularity: 5,519 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0459


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for flex. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA19071

Solution:
Update to "sys-devel/flex-2.5.33-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-07.xml

Other References:
SA19071:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19071/


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