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Gentoo update for zgv/xzgv
Secunia Advisory: SA19757
Release Date: 2006-04-21
Last Update: 2006-06-12
Popularity: 7,091 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-2006-1060


Description:
Gentoo has issued updates for zgv and xzgv. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA19572
SA19731

Solution:
xzgv users:
Update to "media-gfx/xzgv-0.8-r2" or later.

zgv users:
Update to "media-gfx/zgv-5.9" or later.

Changelog:
2006-06-12: The vendor issues new update for zgv.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-10.xml

Other References:
SA19572:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19572/

SA19731:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19731/


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