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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-27.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-27.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..27657f95 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-27.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200503-27"> + <title>Xzabite dyndnsupdate: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Xzabite's dyndnsupdate software suffers from multiple vulnerabilities, + potentially resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">dyndnsupdate</product> + <announced>March 21, 2005</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>84659</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-misc/dyndnsupdate" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="le">0.6.15</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + dyndnsupdate is a dyndns.org data updater written by Fredrik "xzabite" + Haglund. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Toby Dickenson discovered that dyndnsupdate suffers from multiple + overflows. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker, posing as a dyndns.org server, could execute + arbitrary code with the rights of the user running dyndnsupdate. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + Currently, there is no released version of dyndnsupdate that contains a + fix for these issues. The original xzabite.org distribution site is + dead, the code contains several other problems and more secure + alternatives exist, such as the net-dns/ddclient package. Therefore, + the dyndnsupdate package has been hard-masked prior to complete removal + from Portage, and current users are advised to unmerge the package: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --unmerge net-misc/dyndnsupdate</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0830">CVE-2005-0830</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:32:52 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:30:08 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |