Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200510-04.
Solution
All Texinfo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200510-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106105
Insight
Texinfo is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-3011 -
CVSS Base Score: 1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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