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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201507-12 ] libCapsiNetwork: Denial of Service
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:51:41
Message-Id: 559F831A.8020501@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201507-12
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libCapsiNetwork: Denial of Service
9 Date: July 10, 2015
10 Bugs: #544324
11 ID: 201507-12
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow in libcapsinetwork might allow remote attackers to
19 cause a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 libCapsiNetwork is a C++ network library to allow fast development of
25 server daemon processes.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-libs/libcapsinetwork-0.3.0-r2
34 <= Vulnerable!
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36 NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
37 to another package if one is available or wait for the
38 existing packages to be marked stable by their
39 architecture maintainers.
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41 Description
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44 An off-by-one buffer overflow in libcapsinetwork network handling code
45 is discovered.
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47 Impact
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50 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to
51 application, that is linked with libcapsinetwork, possibly resulting in
52 a Denial of Service condition.
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54 Workaround
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57 There is no known workaround at this time.
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59 Resolution
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62 Gentoo discontinued support for libcapsinetwork.
63 We recommend that users unmerge it:
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65 # emerge --unmerge 'net-libs/libcapsinetwork'
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67 References
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70 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-0841
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0841
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73 Availability
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76 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
77 the Gentoo Security Website:
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79 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-12
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81 Concerns?
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84 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
85 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
86 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
87 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
88 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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90 License
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93 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
94 belongs to its owner(s).
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96 The contents of this document are licensed under the
97 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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99 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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