Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-43.
Solution
All f2c users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/f2c-20030320-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-43 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79725
Insight
f2c is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0017 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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