Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200411-05.
Solution
All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.15'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200411-05 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69154
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379383
http://www.xmlsoft.org/ChangeLog.html
Insight
libxml2 contains multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0989 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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