Gentoo: GLSA-200405-08 High: Pound Format String Remote Exec Threat
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May 18, 2004
There is a format string flaw in Pound, allowing remote execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the Pound process.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-08
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Pound format string vulnerability
Date: May 18, 2004
Bugs: #50421
ID: 200405-08
Synopsis
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There is a format string flaw in Pound, allowing remote execution of
arbitrary code with the rights of the Pound process.
Background
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Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end. It allows
to distribute the load on several web servers and offers a SSL wrapper
for web servers that do not support SSL directly.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-www/pound <= 1.5 >= 1.6
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A format string flaw in the processing of syslog messages was
discovered and c...
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