TITLE:
Gentoo update for xnview

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18240

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for xnview. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA18235

SOLUTION:
XnView users on x86 platform:
Update to "x11-misc/xnview-1.70-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18235:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235/

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