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TITLE:
Gentoo update for php

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21683

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21683/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for php. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain
security restrictions.

For more information:
SA21403

SOLUTION:
PHP 4.x users:
Update to "dev-lang/php-4.4.3-r1" or later.

PHP 5.x users:
Update to "dev-lang/php-5.1.4-r6" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-28.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21403:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21403/

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