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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-29.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-29.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..64f7a615 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-29.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?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="200504-29"> + <title>Pound: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + Pound is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the remote + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Pound</product> + <announced>April 30, 2005</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>90851</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-servers/pound" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.8.3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Steven Van Acker has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the + "add_port()" function in Pound. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker could send a request for an overly long hostname + parameter, which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code + with the rights of the Pound daemon process (by default, Gentoo uses + the "nobody" user to run the Pound daemon). + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Pound users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/pound-1.8.3"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.apsis.ch/pound/pound_list/archive/2005/2005-04/1114516112000">Original announcement</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1391">CVE-2005-1391</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:01:33 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:39:56 +0000"> + formula7 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:11:33 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |