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GLSA: GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE : net-www/netscape-flash |
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VERSION : 5.0.48 |
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SUMMARY : security vulnerability |
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DATE : Mon Aug 12 18:52:32 UTC 2002 |
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OVERVIEW |
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A security hole exists that can allow an attacker to execute code of their |
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choice. |
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DETAIL |
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The full advisory may be found here: |
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http://freshmeat.net/releases/93730/ |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-www/netscape-flash-5.0.48 and earlier update their systems as follows. |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge netscape-flash |
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emerge clean |
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seemant@g.o |
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drobbins@g.o |
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Seemant Kulleen |
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Developer and Project Co-ordinator, |
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Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/~seemant |