64 lines
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64 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200405-08">
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<title>Pound format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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There is a format string flaw in Pound, allowing remote execution of
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arbitrary code with the rights of the Pound process.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pound</product>
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<announced>May 18, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
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<bug>50421</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="www-servers/pound" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.6</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">1.5</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end. It allows
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to distribute the load on several web servers and offers a SSL wrapper
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for web servers that do not support SSL directly.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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A format string flaw in the processing of syslog messages was
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discovered and corrected in Pound.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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This flaw may allow remote execution of arbitrary code with the rights
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of the Pound daemon process. By default, Gentoo uses the "nobody" user
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to run the Pound daemon.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to
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upgrade to the latest available version of Pound.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All users of Pound should upgrade to the latest stable version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=www-servers/pound-1.6"
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# emerge ">=www-servers/pound-1.6"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.apsis.ch/pound/pound_list/archive/2003/2003-12/1070234315000#1070234315000">Pound announcement</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2026">CVE-2004-2026</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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