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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202012-09 ] Cherokee: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:14:45
Message-Id: db3d5ef4-3d78-38b9-23ee-117a608287b5@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202012-09
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Cherokee: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 23, 2020
10 Bugs: #715204
11 ID: 202012-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Cherokee, the worst of
19 which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 Cherokee is an extra-light web server.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 www-servers/cherokee <= 1.2.104-r2 Vulnerable!
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34 NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
35 to another package if one is available or wait for the
36 existing packages to be marked stable by their
37 architecture maintainers.
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39 Description
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42 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cherokee. Please
43 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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45 Impact
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48 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 Gentoo has discontinued support for Cherokee. We recommend that users
59 unmerge package:
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61 # emerge --unmerge "www-servers/cherokee"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1681
67 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1681
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-20798
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20798
70 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-20799
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20799
72 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-20800
73 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20800
74 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-12845
75 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12845
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77 Availability
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80 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
81 the Gentoo Security Website:
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83 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09
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85 Concerns?
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88 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
89 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
90 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
91 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
92 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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94 License
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97 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
98 belongs to its owner(s).
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100 The contents of this document are licensed under the
101 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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103 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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