Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200410-10.
Solution
All gettext users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-devel/gettext-0.14.1-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-10 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66355
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85766
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7263
Insight
The gettext utility is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite or change permissions on arbitrary files with the rights of the user running gettext, which could be the root user.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2004-0966 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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