GLSA 201412-30: Varnish: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Varnish: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/15/2014
Bugs:	#458888, #489944
ID:	201412-30

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Varnish, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Varnish is a web application accelerator.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/varnish	< 3.0.5	>= 3.0.5	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Varnish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted GET request. Furthermore a local attacker could obtain sensitive information through insecure permissions on logfiles.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Varnish users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/varnish-3.0.5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-30.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.