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2.1 KiB
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68 lines
2.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200411-02">
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<title>Cherokee: Format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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Cherokee contains a format string vulnerability that could lead to denial
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of service or the execution of arbitary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">cherokee</product>
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<announced>November 01, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
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<bug>67667</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="www-servers/cherokee" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.4.17.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">0.4.17</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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Cherokee is an extra-light web server.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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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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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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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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</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.
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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 Cherokee users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/cherokee-0.4.17.1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1097">CVE-2004-1097</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:17:11 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:49:51 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:51:07 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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