Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200506-01.
Solution
All GNU Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose sys-devel/binutils
All elfutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/elfutils-0.108'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200506-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91398
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91817
Insight
Various utilities from the GNU Binutils and elfutils packages are vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-1704 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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