gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200311-08.xml

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<glsa id="200311-08">
  <title>Libnids: remote code execution vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    Libnids contains a bug which could allow remote code execution.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Libnids</product>
  <announced>2003-11-22</announced>
  <revised>2003-11-22: 01</revised>
  <bug>32724</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/libnids" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.18</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">1.17</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Libnids is a component of a network intrusion detection system.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    There is a bug in the part of libnids code responsible for TCP reassembly.
    The flaw probably allows remote code execution.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
    net-libs/libnids update their systems as follows:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync
    # emerge -pv '&gt;=net-libs/libnids-1.18'
    # emerge '&gt;=net-libs/libnids-1.18'
    # emerge clean</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0850">CAN-2003-0850</uri>
  </references>
</glsa>