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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54734
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-13 (portage gentoolkit)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200411-13.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200411-13.

Vulnerability Insight:
dispatch-conf (included in Portage) and qpkg (included in Gentoolkit) are
vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to
overwrite arbitrary files with the rights of the user running the script.

Solution:
All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51-r3'

All Gentoolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.0_pre8-r1'

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1107
BugTraq ID: 11616
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11616
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-13.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/13108/
XForce ISS Database: portage-dispatchconf-symlink(17986)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17986
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1108
BugTraq ID: 11617
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11617
XForce ISS Database: gentoolkit-symlink(17968)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17968
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