Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200502-18.
Solution
All VMware Workstation users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r5'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200502-18 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81344
Insight
VMware may load shared libraries from an untrusted, world-writable directory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0444 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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