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Gentoo Doomsday Format String Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA19519
Release Date: 2006-04-06
Last Update: 2006-07-10
Popularity: 5,570 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1618


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:
Update to "games-fps/doomsday-1.9.0_beta4" or later.

Changelog:
2006-07-10: Updated "Solution" section.

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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