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Gentoo update for openfire Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29901  
Release Date: 2008-04-24

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x


CVE reference:CVE-2008-1728 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for openfire. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA29751

Solution:
Update to "net-im/openfire-3.5.0" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-26.xml

Other References:
SA29751:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29751/



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