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TITLE:
Gentoo doomsday Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28821

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28821/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in doomsday, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA26524

SOLUTION:
The vendor has masked "games-fps/doomsday" and recommends unmerging
it.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26524:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26524/

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