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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200405-13.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200405-13">
<title>neon heap-based buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>
A vulnerability potentially allowing remote execution of arbitrary code has
been discovered in the neon library.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">neon</product>
<announced>May 20, 2004</announced>
<revised>May 20, 2004: 01</revised>
<bug>51490</bug>
<access>remote </access>
<affected>
<package name="net-misc/neon" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.24.6</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="le">0.24.5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
neon provides an HTTP and WebDAV client library.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Stefan Esser discovered a vulnerability in the code of the neon library :
if a malicious date string is passed to the ne_rfc1036_parse() function, it
can trigger a string overflow into static heap variables.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
Depending on the application linked against libneon and when connected to a
malicious WebDAV server, this vulnerability could allow execution of
arbitrary code with the rights of the user running that application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to upgrade
to the latest available version of neon.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All users of neon should upgrade to the latest stable version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/neon-0.24.6"
# emerge ">=net-misc/neon-0.24.6"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/062004.html">E-matters advisory 06/2004</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0398">CAN-2004-0398</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>