GLSA 200405-08: Pound format string vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	Pound format string vulnerability
Date:	05/18/2004
Bugs:	#50421
ID:	200405-08

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/pound	<= 1.5	>= 1.6	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

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

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

Resolution

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

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=www-servers/pound-1.6"
    # emerge ">=www-servers/pound-1.6"

References

Availability

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?

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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.