Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200410-07.
Solution
All ed users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=sys-apps/ed-0.2-r4'
# emerge '>=sys-apps/ed-0.2-r4'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-07 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66400
Insight
The ed utility is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite or change rights on arbitrary files with the rights of the user running ed, which could be the root user.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2000-1137 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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