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TITLE:
Gentoo update for madwifi-ng

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24931

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for madwifi-ng. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain
knowledge of potentially sensitive information or cause a DoS (Denial
of Service).

For more information:
SA24670

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24670:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670/

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