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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-13 (ptex)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/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 200805-13.

Insight

Insight

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in PTeX, possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code or overwriting arbitrary files.

Solution

Solution

All PTeX users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/ptex-3.1.10_p20071203' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200805-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196673 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-12.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-12.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml