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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200504-20 (openMosixview)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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 200504-20.
Insight
Insight
openMosixview and the openMosixcollector daemon are vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Solution
Solution
All openMosixview users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/openmosixview-1.5-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200504-20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86686