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Gentoo update for mplayer
Secunia Advisory: SA29307
Release Date: 2008-03-11
Popularity: 2,466 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-2008-0485
CVE-2008-0486
CVE-2008-0629
CVE-2008-0630


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for mplayer. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA28779

Solution:
Update to "media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p25993" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml

Other References:
SA28779:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28779/


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