Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-01 (snort)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200703-01.
Solution
All Snort users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/snort-2.6.1.3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200703-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167730
Insight
The Snort DCE/RPC preprocessor contains a buffer overflow that could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.