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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55010
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200508-05 (Heartbeat)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200508-05.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200508-05.

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

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/heartbeat-1.2.3-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-2005-2231
Debian Security Information: DSA-761 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-761
http://secunia.com/advisories/16039
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