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Gentoo: Wine Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Gentoo Fixed packages were issued to fix this vulnerability in Wine, but some of the fixed packages were missing the correct patch. All Wine users should re-emerge Wine to make sure they are safe. The corrected sections appear below.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [ERRATA UPDATE]        GLSA 200601-09:02
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability
      Date: January 13, 2006
   Updated: January 15, 2006
      Bugs: #118101
        ID: 200601-09:02

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Errata
======

Fixed packages were issued to fix this vulnerability in Wine, but some
of the fixed packages were missing the correct patch. All Wine users
should re-emerge Wine to make sure they are safe. The corrected
sections appear below.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-emulation/wine     < 20060000                        >= 0.9.0
     app-emulation/wine     > 20040000                        >= 0.9.0

Resolution
==========

All Wine users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/wine-0.9.0"

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-09.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
 
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