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TITLE:
Gentoo update for uudeview and nzbget

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31420

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31420/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
Local system

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

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for uudeview and nzbget. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA30171

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

All uudeview users:
Update to "app-text/uudeview-0.5.20-r1" or later.

All nzbget users:
Update to "news-nntp/nzbget-0.4.0" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30171:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30171/

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