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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56333
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200602-14 (noweb)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200602-14.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200602-14.

Vulnerability Insight:
noweb is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user
to overwrite arbitrary files.

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/noweb-2.9-r5'

CVSS Score:
1.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3342
BugTraq ID: 16610
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610
Debian Security Information: DSA-968 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/18809
http://secunia.com/advisories/18812
http://secunia.com/advisories/18967
http://secunia.com/advisories/19027
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547
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