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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54701
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-10 (gettext)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200410-10.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200410-10.

Vulnerability Insight:
The gettext utility is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing
a local user to overwrite or change permissions on arbitrary files with
the rights of the user running gettext, which could be the root user.

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-devel/gettext-0.14.1-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-2004-0966
BugTraq ID: 11282
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11282
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00000.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-10.xml
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:051
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382652226638&w=2
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-5-1/
XForce ISS Database: script-temporary-file-overwrite(17583)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
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