Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200507-29.
Solution
All pstotext users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/pstotext-1.8g-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200507-29 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100245
http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
Insight
pstotext contains a vulnerability which can potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2536 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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