Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200311-06.
Solution
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users update their systems as follows:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5'
# emerge '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5'
# emerge clean
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200311-06 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33383
Insight
glibc contains a buffer overflow in the getgrouplist function.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0689 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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