Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200801-14.
Solution
All Blam users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-news/blam-1.8.4'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200801-14 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199841
Insight
Blam doesn't properly handle environment variables, potentially allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-4790 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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