Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-10.
Solution
All Vilistextum users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/vilistextum-2.6.7'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-10 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74694
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/vilistextum.txt
Insight
Vilistextum is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code through the use of a malicious webpage.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1299 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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