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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60941
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-03 (aterm eterm rxvt mrxvt multi-aterm wterm rxvt-unicode)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200805-03.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200805-03.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability was found in aterm, Eterm, Mrxvt, multi-aterm, RXVT,
rxvt-unicode, and wterm, allowing for local privilege escalation.

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/aterm-1.0.1-r1'

All Eterm users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4-r1'

All Mrxvt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/mrxvt-0.5.3-r2'

All multi-aterm users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/multi-aterm-0.2.1-r1'

All RXVT users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/rxvt-2.7.10-r4'

All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.02-r1'

All wterm users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/wterm-6.2.9-r3'

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-2008-1142
BugTraq ID: 28512
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:161
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:221
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/122
http://secunia.com/advisories/29576
http://secunia.com/advisories/30224
http://secunia.com/advisories/30225
http://secunia.com/advisories/30226
http://secunia.com/advisories/30227
http://secunia.com/advisories/30229
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:017 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1692
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577
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