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Gentoo update for mercurial
Secunia Advisory: SA31110
Release Date: 2008-07-16
Popularity: 1,402 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-2942


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for mercurial. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data.

For more information:
SA31108

Solution:
Update to "dev-util/mercurial-1.0.1-r2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml

Other References:
SA31108:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31108/


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