Gentoo Linux Advisory: lcdproc Jan 8, 2003, 14 :23 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2523 reads)
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200301-7
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PACKAGE : lcdproc
SUMMARY : remote code execution
DATE : 2003-01-07 21:01 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
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- From advisory:
"The vulnerabilities in LCDproc allow an attacker to remotely execute
arbitrary code or cause the LCDproc server to crash."
Read the full advisory at
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/56411
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-misc/lcdproc-0.4.1-r1 or earlier update their systems as
follows:
emerge rsync
emerge lcdproc
emerge clean
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