Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200907-12.
Solution
All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/dhcp-3.1.1-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200907-12 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277729
Insight
A buffer overflow in dhclient as included in the ISC DHCP implementation allows for the remote execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0692 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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