Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200602-14.
Solution
All noweb users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/noweb-2.9-r5'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200602-14 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122705
Insight
noweb is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-3342 -
CVSS Base Score: 1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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