Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200711-28.
Solution
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r4'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200711-28 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198196
Insight
A buffer overflow in the Regular Expression engine in Perl possibly allows for the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-5116 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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