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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-02 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Cherokee: Format string vulnerability |
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Date: November 01, 2004 |
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Bugs: #67667 |
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ID: 200411-02 |
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Synopsis |
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Cherokee contains a format string vulnerability that could lead to |
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denial of service or the execution of arbitary code. |
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Background |
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Cherokee is an extra-light web server. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-servers/cherokee <= 0.4.17 >= 0.4.17.1 |
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Description |
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Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team found a |
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format string vulnerability in the cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string() |
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function. |
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Impact |
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Using a specially crafted URL when authenticating via auth_pam, a |
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malicious user may be able to crash the server or execute arbitrary |
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code on the target machine with permissions of the user running |
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Cherokee. |
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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 Cherokee users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/cherokee-0.4.17.1" |
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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-200411-02.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 2004 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/1.0 |