Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-26 (GIMPS,SETI@home,ChessBrain)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200411-26. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

CVE-2004-1116

The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search GIMPS 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs...

CVE-2004-1116

CVE-2004-1116 affects Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier, where init scripts run user-owned binaries with root privileges. This enables local privilege escalation if a user can modify the programs, as described in NVD, CVE listings, and Gentoo GLSA 200411-26. The OpenVA...