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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes Gtk2 and Gdk-pixbuf Vulnerabilities

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes Gtk2 and Gdk-pixbuf Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2464
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2975 - CVE-2005-2976 - CVE-2005-3186
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-17


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Gentoo has released updated packages to correct multiple vulnerabilities identified in Gtk2/GdkPixbuf. These flaws could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2433

Affected Products

x11-libs/gtk+ versions prior to 2.8.6-r1
media-libs/gdk-pixbuf versions prior to 0.22.0-r5

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose x11-libs/gtk+
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=media-libs/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-r5"

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2464
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/930

ChangeLog

2005-11-17 : Initial release

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