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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58751
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-12 (tomboy)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200711-12.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200711-12.

Vulnerability Insight:
Tomboy doesn't properly handle environment variables, potentially allowing
a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/tomboy-0.8.1-r1'

CVSS Score:
6.9

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-4790
BugTraq ID: 25341
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25341
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00206.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00913.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-12.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-14.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:064
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188806
http://osvdb.org/39577
http://osvdb.org/39578
http://secunia.com/advisories/26480
http://secunia.com/advisories/27608
http://secunia.com/advisories/27621
http://secunia.com/advisories/27799
http://secunia.com/advisories/28339
http://secunia.com/advisories/28672
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:022 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/560-1/
XForce ISS Database: tomboy-ldlibrarypath-privilege-escalation(36054)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36054
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