Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200407-01.
Solution
All users should upgrade to the latest available version of esearch, as follows:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=app-portage/esearch-0.6.2'
# emerge '>=app-portage/esearch-0.6.2'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55424
Insight
The eupdatedb utility in esearch creates a file in /tmp without first checking for symlinks. This makes it possible for any user to create arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0655 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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