Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200512-01.
Solution
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200512-01 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114113
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/perl-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418460/30/30
Insight
A fix is available for Perl to mitigate the effects of format string programming errors, that could otherwise be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-3962 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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