A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Gallery: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200802-04
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Gallery: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 11, 2008
Bugs: #203217
ID: 200802-04

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Gallery.

Background
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Gallery is a web-based application for creating and viewing photo
albums.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/gallery < 2.2.4 >= 2.2.4
< 2.0

Description
===========

The Gallery developement team reported and fixed critical
vulnerabilities during an internal audit (CVE-2007-6685, CVE-2007-6686,
CVE-2007-6687, CVE-2007-6688, CVE-2007-6689, CVE-2007-6690,
CVE-2007-6691, CVE-2007-6692, CVE-2007-6693).

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute
arbitrary code, conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request
Forgery attacks, or disclose sensitive informations.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Gallery users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/gallery-2.2.4"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6685
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6685
[ 2 ] CVE-2007-6686
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6686
[ 3 ] CVE-2007-6687
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6687
[ 4 ] CVE-2007-6688
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6688
[ 5 ] CVE-2007-6689
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6689
[ 6 ] CVE-2007-6690
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6690
[ 7 ] CVE-2007-6691
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6691
[ 8 ] CVE-2007-6692
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6692
[ 9 ] CVE-2007-6693
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6693

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-04.xml

Concerns?
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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
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