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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-13 (webapp-config)

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 200506-13.

Insight

Insight

The webapp-config utility insecurely creates temporary files in a world writable directory, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary commands.

Solution

Solution

All webapp-config users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-www/webapp-config-1.11' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200506-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785

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