Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for libvorbis. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for libvorbis
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24923
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24923/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for libvorbis. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application
using the library.
For more information:
SA26232
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0912.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26232:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26232/
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