gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200505-02.xml

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<glsa id="200505-02">
  <title>Oops!: Remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    The Oops! proxy server contains a remotely exploitable format string
    vulnerability, which could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary
    code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">oops</product>
  <announced>May 05, 2005</announced>
  <revised>May 05, 2005: 02</revised>
  <bug>91303</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-proxy/oops" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.5.24_pre20050503</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.24_pre20050503</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Oops! is an advanced, multithreaded caching web proxy.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    A format string flaw has been detected in the my_xlog() function of the
    Oops! proxy, which is called by the passwd_mysql and passwd_pgsql
    module's auth() functions.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTTP request to the
    Oops! proxy, potentially triggering this vulnerability and leading to
    the execution of arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Oops! users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-proxy/oops-1.5.24_pre20050503&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1121">CAN-2005-1121</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 04 May 2005 15:38:53 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 04 May 2005 15:39:06 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 05 May 2005 13:38:44 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
</glsa>