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Gentoo update for win32codecs
Secunia Advisory: SA29182
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Release Date: 2008-03-05
Popularity: 2,517 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x
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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4382
CVE-2006-4384
CVE-2006-4385
CVE-2006-4386
CVE-2006-4388
CVE-2006-4389
CVE-2007-4674
CVE-2007-6166
Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for win32codecs. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA21893
SA27523
SA27755

Solution:
Update to "media-libs/win32codecs-20071007-r2" or later.

Note: This update removes the affected binary Quicktime library. The vendor recommends migrating to the Quicktime implementations of VLC, MPlayer, or Xine for playback.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml

Other References:
SA21893:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21893/

SA27523:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27523/

SA27755:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27755/

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