- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Proxytunnel: Format string vulnerability Date: November 03, 2004 Bugs: #69379 ID: 200411-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Proxytunnel is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability, potentially allowing a remote server to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the Proxytunnel process. Background ========== Proxytunnel is a program that tunnels connections to a remote server through a standard HTTPS proxy. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/proxytunnel < 1.2.3 >= 1.2.3 Description =========== Florian Schilhabel of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit project found a format string vulnerability in Proxytunnel. When the program is started in daemon mode (-a [port]), it improperly logs invalid proxy answers to syslog. Impact ====== A malicious remote server could send specially-crafted invalid answers to exploit the format string vulnerability, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code on the tunnelling host with the rights of the Proxytunnel process. Workaround ========== You can mitigate the issue by only allowing connections to trusted remote servers. Resolution ========== All Proxytunnel users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/proxytunnel-1.2.3" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2004-0992 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0992 [ 2 ] Proxytunnel News http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/news.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-07.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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, 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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