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Gentoo: 201312-15 Advisory: Lychee Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey November 28, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202301-15 outlines several vulnerabilities in Namazu that could be exploited for remote attacks and pose risks of Denial of Service.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Namazu, worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote attack namazu

Resolution

All Namazu users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/namazu-2.0.21"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-5028 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5028 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-4345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4345 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-4711 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4711

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-22
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Namazu: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 28, 2013
Bugs: #391259
ID: 201311-22

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote attack namazu

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Namazu, worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Namazu is a full-text search engine intended for easy use.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/namazu < 2.0.21 >= 2.0.21

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a cookie.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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