Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200412-05.
Solution
All mirrorselect users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-portage/mirrorselect-0.89'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-05 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73545
Insight
mirrorselect is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1167 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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