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TITLE:
Gentoo update for win32codecs

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29182

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29182/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for win32codecs. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA21893
SA27523
SA27755

SOLUTION:
Update to "media-libs/win32codecs-20071007-r2" or later.

Note: This update removes the affected binary Quicktime library. The
vendor recommends migrating to the Quicktime implementations of VLC,
MPlayer, or Xine for playback.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-08.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21893:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21893/

SA27523:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27523/

SA27755:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27755/

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