Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200411-13.
Solution
All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51-r3'
All Gentoolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.0_pre8-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200411-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68846
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69147
Insight
dispatch-conf (included in Portage) and qpkg (included in Gentoolkit) are vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files with the rights of the user running the script.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1107, CVE-2004-1108 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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