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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-06 (expat)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201209-06.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.
Solution
Solution
All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/expat-2.1.0_beta3' Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.