Gentoo: 200406-22 High: Pavuk Remote Code Execution Threat
gentoo
June 30, 2004
Pavuk contains a bug potentially allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-22
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: Pavuk: Remote buffer overflow
Date: June 30, 2004
ID: 200406-22
Synopsis
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Pavuk contains a bug potentially allowing an attacker to run arbitrary
code.
Background
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Pavuk is web spider and website mirroring tool.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/pavuk <= 0.9.28-r1 >= 0.9.28-r2
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When Pavuk connects to a web server and the server sends back the HTTP
status code 305 (Use Proxy), Pavuk copies data from the HTTP Location
header in an unsafe manner.
Impact
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An attacker could cause a stack-based buffer overflow which co...
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