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Gentoo update for elinks
Secunia Advisory: SA24005
Release Date: 2007-02-01
Popularity: 5,655 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5925


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for elinks. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to expose sensitive information and manipulate data.

For more information:
SA22920

Solution:
Update to "www-client/elinks-0.11.2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-27.xml

Other References:
SA22920:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22920/


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