Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200411-15.
Solution
All Groff users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/groff-1.19.1-r2'
All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7d-r2'
Note: /etc/ssl/misc/der_chop is protected by Portage as a configuration file. Don't forget to use etc-update and overwrite the old version with the new one.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200411-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68404
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68407
Insight
groffer, included in the Groff package, and the der_chop script, included in the OpenSSL package, are both vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files with the rights of the user running the utility.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0969, CVE-2004-0975 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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