GLSA 200406-03: sitecopy: Multiple vulnerabilities in included libneon

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Severity:	normal
Title:	sitecopy: Multiple vulnerabilities in included libneon
Date:	06/05/2004
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

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/sitecopy	<= 0.13.4-r1	>= 0.13.4-r2	All supported architectures

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. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of sitecopy.

Resolution

All sitecopy users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=net-misc/sitecopy-0.13.4-r2"
    # emerge ">=net-misc/sitecopy-0.13.4-r2"

References

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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.