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TITLE:
Gentoo workaround for py2play

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16863

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16863/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has published a workaround for py2play. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA16855

SOLUTION:
Unmerge the "dev-python/py2play" package.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16855:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16855/

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