gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200704-17.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200704-17">
  <title>3proxy: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability has been discovered in 3proxy allowing for the remote
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">3proxy</product>
  <announced>2007-04-22</announced>
  <revised count="01">2007-04-22</revised>
  <bug>174429</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-proxy/3proxy" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.5.3h</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.3h</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    3proxy is a multi-protocol proxy, including HTTP/HTTPS/FTP and SOCKS
    support.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The 3proxy development team reported a buffer overflow in the logurl()
    function when processing overly long requests.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could send a specially crafted transparent request to
    the proxy, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with privileges
    of the user running 3proxy.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All 3proxy users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-proxy/3proxy-0.5.3h"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2031">CVE-2007-2031</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-04-18T05:09:29Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-04-18T08:45:40Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-04-18T20:45:40Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>