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  Severity: High
     Title: Pound format string vulnerability
      Date: May 18, 2004
      Bugs: #50421
        ID: 200405-08

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Synopsis
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There is a format string flaw in Pound, allowing remote execution of
arbitrary code with the rights of the Pound process.

Background
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Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end. It allows
to distribute the load on several web servers and offers a SSL wrapper
for web servers that do not support SSL directly.

Affected packages
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     Package        /   Vulnerable   /                      Unaffected
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  1  net-www/pound        <= 1.5                                >= 1.6

Description
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A format string flaw in the processing of syslog messages was
discovered and corrected in Pound.

Impact
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This flaw may allow 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
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to
upgrade to the latest available version of Pound.

Resolution
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All users of Pound should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=net-www/pound-1.6"
    # emerge ">=net-www/pound-1.6"

References
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  [ 1 ] Pound announcement
        1070234315000#1070234315000

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

     http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-08.xml

Concerns?
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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
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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