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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200505-17 (qpopper)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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 200505-17.

Insight

Insight

Qpopper contains two vulnerabilities allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files and create files with insecure permissions.

Solution

Solution

All Qpopper users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/qpopper-4.0.5-r3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200505-17 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)