Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for gnumeric. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for gnumeric
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34591
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34591/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for gnumeric. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA33707
SOLUTION:
Update to "app-office/gnumeric-1.8.4-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200904-03:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-03.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33707:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33707/
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