Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-38.
Solution
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl
All DBI library users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-perl/DBI
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-38 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75696
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78634
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79685
Insight
The Perl DBI library and File::Path::rmtree function are vulnerable to symlink attacks.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0452, CVE-2005-0077, CVE-2005-0448 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.6
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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