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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200405-05 (utempter)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

2.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200405-05.

Insight

Insight

Utempter contains a vulnerability that may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Solution

Solution

All users of utempter should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.4' # emerge '>=sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.4' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200405-05 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49536

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