Gentoo update for audacity
Secunia Advisory: SA29206
Release Date: 2008-03-03
Popularity: 2,549 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6061


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for audacity. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to delete arbitrary files and directories.

For more information:
SA27841

Solution:
Update to "media-sound/audacity-1.3.4-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-03.xml

Other References:
SA27841:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27841/


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