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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-31 (uim)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo 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
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200502-31.
Insight
Insight
Under certain conditions, applications linked against uim suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Solution
Solution
All uim users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-i18n/uim-0.4.5.1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200502-31 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82678 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html