GLSA 200703-17: ulogd: Remote execution of arbitrary code

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Severity:	high
Title:	ulogd: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date:	03/18/2007
Bugs:	#161882
ID:	200703-17

Synopsis

ulogd contains a possible buffer overflow potentially allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

ulogd is a userspace daemon for netfilter related logging.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/ulogd	< 1.23-r1	>= 1.23-r1	All supported architectures

Description

SUSE reported unspecified buffer overflows in ulogd involving the calculation of string lengths.

Impact

A remote attacker could trigger a possible buffer overflow through unspecified vectors, potentially leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the ulogd daemon, or more probably leading to the crash of the daemon.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ulogd users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ulogd-1.23-r1"

References

CVE-2007-0460

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-17.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.