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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54709
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-18 (Ghostscript)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200410-18.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200410-18.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple scripts in the Ghostscript package are vulnerable to symlink
attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files
with the rights of the user running the script.

Solution:
Ghostscript users on all architectures except PPC should upgrade to the
latest version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7'
# emerge '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r7'

Ghostscript users on the PPC architecture should upgrade to the latest
stable version on their architecture:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.05.6-r2'
# emerge '>=app-text/ghostscript-7.05.6-r2'

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0967
BugTraq ID: 11285
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11285
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10284
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-081.html
SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2006.19
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.19/SCOSA-2006.19.txt
SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2006.23
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.23/SCOSA-2006.23.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16997
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
http://secunia.com/advisories/19799
http://secunia.com/advisories/20056
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3-1/
XForce ISS Database: script-temporary-file-overwrite(17583)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
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