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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-29 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Pound: Buffer overflow vulnerability |
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Date: April 30, 2005 |
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Bugs: #90851 |
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ID: 200504-29 |
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Synopsis |
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Pound is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the remote |
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execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-servers/pound < 1.8.3 >= 1.8.3 |
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Description |
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Steven Van Acker has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the |
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"add_port()" function in Pound. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could send a request for an overly long hostname |
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parameter, which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code |
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with the rights of the Pound daemon process (by default, Gentoo uses |
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the "nobody" user to run the Pound daemon). |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Pound users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/pound-1.8.3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Original announcement |
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http://www.apsis.ch/pound/pound_list/archive/2005/2005-04/1114516112000 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-29.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |