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GLSA-200504-29 : Pound: Buffer overflow vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 18168

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-29 (Pound: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

 Steven Van Acker has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'add_port()' function in Pound.
 Impact :

 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).
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Pound users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/pound-1.8.3'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8bda67c3

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-29

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18168

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-29.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 5/2/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pound, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1391

GLSA: 200504-29