Mandriva update for boost
Secunia Advisory: SA28705
Release Date: 2008-02-04
Popularity: 1,456 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0171
CVE-2008-0172


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for boost. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA28511

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2007

050747f9a2c9557d33977d9bd51184b2 2007.0/i586/libboost1-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
447ac5fc34d29669c8a21b7abd677413 2007.0/i586/libboost1-devel-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4b4b7ff3d032516cd2f22af208ef7d3b 2007.0/i586/libboost1-examples-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
b084ed15b24c16e41ea2660732d1fa53 2007.0/i586/libboost1-static-devel-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4b9252988703c7360d91138aa1b738b7 2007.0/SRPMS/boost-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

9b983d8a118824218998792630a93368 2007.0/x86_64/lib64boost1-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
f975c8790f99728dd3635b0a79a2b639 2007.0/x86_64/lib64boost1-devel-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
8349cb46e64007d854902abe784278d8 2007.0/x86_64/lib64boost1-examples-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
8781b8e9cac3079e22be542dc89679e0 2007.0/x86_64/lib64boost1-static-devel-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
4b9252988703c7360d91138aa1b738b7 2007.0/SRPMS/boost-1.33.1-3.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032

Other References:
SA28511:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28511/


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