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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-17.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-17.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0bb36115 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-17.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200612-17"> + <title>GNU Radius: Format string vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + A format string vulnerabilty has been found in GNU Radius, which could lead + to the remote execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">gnuradius</product> + <announced>December 14, 2006</announced> + <revised>December 14, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>156376</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-dialup/gnuradius" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + GNU Radius is a GNU version of Radius, a server for remote user + authentication and accounting. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + A format string vulnerability was found in the sqllog function from the + SQL accounting code for radiusd. That function is only used if one or + more of the "postgresql", "mysql" or "odbc" USE flags are enabled, + which is not the default, except for the "server" 2006.1 and 2007.0 + profiles which enable the "mysql" USE flag. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + An unauthenticated remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with + the privileges of the user running radiusd, which may be the root user. + It is important to note that there is no default GNU Radius user for + Gentoo systems because no init script is provided with the package. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All GNU Radius users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/gnuradius-1.4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4181">CVE-2006-4181</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:15:45 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:51:18 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:14:11 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |