Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200403-01.
Solution
All users are recommended to upgrade their libxml2 installation:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.6'
# emerge '>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.6'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200403-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42735
Insight
A buffer overflow has been discovered in libxml2 versions prior to 2.6.6 which may be exploited by an attacker allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0110 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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