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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-02 (Netpbm)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

3.7

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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 200410-02.

Insight

Insight

Utilities included in old Netpbm versions are vulnerable to multiple temporary files issues, potentially allowing a local attacker to overwrite files with the rights of the user running the utility.

Solution

Solution

All Netpbm users should upgrade to an unaffected version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=media-libs/netpbm-10.0' # emerge '>=media-libs/netpbm-10.0' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200410-02 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65647 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/487102

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