Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200409-03.
Solution
All Python 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=dev-lang/python-2.2.2'
# emerge '>=dev-lang/python-2.2.2'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200409-03 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62440
http://www.osvdb.org/4172
Insight
Python 2.2 has a vulnerability in DNS handling when IPV6 is disabled and a malformed IPV6 address is encountered by getaddrinfo().
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0150 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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