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TITLE:
Red Hat update for opal

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27118

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27118/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/

SOFTWARE:
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/14830/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for opal. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise
an application using the library.

For more information:
SA27129

SOLUTION:
Updates are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0957.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27129:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27129/

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