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TITLE:
Gentoo update for php

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27102

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown, Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information,
Privilege escalation, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for php. This fixes some security issues
and vulnerabilities, where some have unknown impacts and others can
be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions, by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions, gain escalated privileges, and cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), and by malicious people to expose potentially sensitive
information, cause a DoS, and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA24089
SA24542
SA24824
SA25378
SA25456
SA26085
SA26642

SOLUTION:
Update to "dev-lang/php-5.2.4_p20070914-r2" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24089:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24089/

SA24542:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24542/

SA24824:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24824/

SA25378:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25378/

SA25456:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25456/

SA26085:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26085/

SA26642:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642/

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