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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-20 (lsat)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/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 200703-20.
Insight
Insight
LSAT insecurely creates temporary files which can lead to symlink attacks allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Solution
Solution
Since LSAT is not actively maintained anymore, this package has been masked. All LSAT users are advised to unmerge it. # emerge --ask --unmerge 'app-admin/lsat' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200703-20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159542