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FreeBSD Ports: ja-uim
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: ja-uim CVE-2005-0503 uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libUIM is used in setuid or setgid applications, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://secunia.com/advisories/13981 http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-February/000996.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/fb03b1c6-8a8a-11d9-81f7-02023f003c9f.html