---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Gentoo vlnx Insecure DT_RPATH Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23429 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23429/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation, System access WHERE: >From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Gentoo Linux 1.x http://secunia.com/product/339/ DESCRIPTION: Gentoo has acknowledged a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. For more information: SA23278 SOLUTION: The vendor recommends to remove the "app-antivirus/vlnx" package. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-15.xml OTHER REFERENCES: SA23278: http://secunia.com/advisories/23278/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------