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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-18.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-18.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..88550686 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-18.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?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="200705-18"> + <title>PPTPD: Denial of Service attack</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability has been reported in PPTPD which could lead to a Denial of + Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">pptpd</product> + <announced>May 20, 2007</announced> + <revised>May 20, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>176936</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-dialup/pptpd" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.3.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + PPTPD is a Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol Daemon for Linux. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + James Cameron from HP has reported a vulnerability in PPTPD caused by + malformed GRE packets. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of + Service on the PPTPD connection. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All PPTPD users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/pptpd-1.3.4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0244">CVE-2007-0244</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 11 May 2007 07:06:10 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 11 May 2007 07:14:40 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 14 May 2007 17:58:13 +0000"> + dizzutch + </metadata> +</glsa> |