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Gentoo update for mplayer
Secunia Advisory: SA30412
Release Date: 2008-05-30
Popularity: 2,241 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-2008-1558


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

For more information:
SA29515

Solution:
Update to "media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p26753" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-22.xml

Other References:
SA29515:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29515/


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