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TITLE:
Gentoo mgv Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24649

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24649/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a vulnerability in mgv, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA22787

SOLUTION:
The vendor has masked the "app-text/mgv" package and recommends
unmerging it.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-24.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22787:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22787/

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