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GLSA-201408-04 : Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77190

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-04 (Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Catfish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Catfish users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/catfish-1.0.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77190

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201408-04.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 8/14/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:catfish, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2093, CVE-2014-2094, CVE-2014-2095, CVE-2014-2096

BID: 65761, 65791, 65793, 65794

GLSA: 201408-04