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Gentoo XnView XPM File Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA26006
Release Date: 2007-07-12
Popularity: 4,498 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2194


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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