Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200506-08.
Solution
All GNU shtool users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/shtool-2.0.1-r2'
All ocaml-mysql users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-ml/ocaml-mysql-1.0.3-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200506-08 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93784
Insight
GNU shtool and ocaml-mysql are vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-1751, CVE-2005-1759 -
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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