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Severity: High
Title: tripwire: Format string vulnerability
Date: June 04, 2004
Bugs: #52945
ID: 200406-02

Synopsis

A vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances has been found.

Background

tripwire is an open source file integrity checker.

Affected packages

Description

The code that generates email reports contains a format string vulnerability in pipedmailmessage.cpp.

Impact

With a carefully crafted filename on a local filesystem an attacker could cause execution of arbitrary code with permissions of the user running tripwire, which could be the root user.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All tripwire users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1"
    # emerge ">=app-admin/tripwire-2.3.1.2-r1"

References

[ 1 ] Bugtraq Announcement

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/365036/2004-05-31/2004-06-06/0

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-02.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0

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Severity: High
Title: Ethereal: Multiple security problems
Date: June 04, 2004
Bugs: #51022
ID: 200406-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities including one buffer overflow exist in Ethereal, which may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code or crash the program.

Background

Ethereal is a feature rich network protocol analyzer.

Affected packages

Description

There are multiple vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal earlier than 0.10.4, including:

• A buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector.
• Under specific conditions a SIP packet could make Ethereal crash.
• The AIM dissector could throw an assertion, causing Ethereal to crash.
• The SPNEGO dissector could dereference a null pointer, causing a crash.

Impact

An attacker could use these vulnerabilities to crash Ethereal or even execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Ethereal, which could be the root user.

Workaround

For a temporary workaround you can disable all affected protocol dissectors by selecting Analyze->Enabled Protocols... and deselecting them from the list. However, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest stable release.

Resolution

All Ethereal users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.4"
    # emerge ">=net-analyzer/ethereal-0.10.4"

References

[ 1 ] Ethereal enpa-sa-00014

http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0

http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: sitecopy: Multiple vulnerabilities in included libneon
Date: June 05, 2004
Bugs: #51585
ID: 200406-03

Synopsis

sitecopy includes a vulnerable version of the neon library.

Background

sitecopy easily maintains remote websites. It makes it simple to keep a remote site synchronized with the local site with one command.

Affected packages

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities and a heap overflow vulnerability were discovered in the code of the neon library (GLSA 200405-01 and 200405-13). Current versions of the sitecopy package include their own version of this library.

Impact

When connected to a malicious WebDAV server, these vulnerabilities could allow execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running sitecopy.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Currently, there is no released version of sitecopy that contains a fix for this issue. The original author of the program has indicated he is unsure when a fixed version may be released. Therefore, the sitecopy package has been hard-masked and current users are advised to unmerge the package until a new version is available.

    # emerge -pv unmerge net-misc/sitecopy
    # emerge unmerge net-misc/sitecopy

References

[ 1 ] GLSA 200405-01

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-01.xml

[ 2 ] GLSA 200405-13

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-13.xml

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0