Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200508-01.
Solution
All Compress::Zlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-perl/Compress-Zlib-1.35'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200508-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100540
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-19.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml
Insight
Compress::Zlib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-1849, CVE-2005-2096 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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