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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-20 (gv)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/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 200611-20.

Insight

Insight

GNU gv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All gv users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/gv-3.6.2-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200611-20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154573

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