Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-33.
Solution
All MySQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/mysql-4.0.22-r2'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-33 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77805
http://secunia.com/advisories/13867/
Insight
MySQL is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0004 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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