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Gentoo: GLSA-201402-01 Moderate: libmicrohttpd Remote Code Exec

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2014
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Enhancing Gentoo's security involves upgrading the GNU libmicrohttpd package to address vulnerabilities that risk unauthorized access and arbitrary code execution
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU libmicrohttpd, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution multiple issues arbitrary code gnu libmicrohttpd

Resolution

All GNU libmicrohttpd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.32"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7038 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7038 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-7039 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7039

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-01
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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: GNU libmicrohttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 02, 2014
Bugs: #493450
ID: 201402-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution multiple issues arbitrary code gnu libmicrohttpd

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU libmicrohttpd, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run an HTTP server as part of another application.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/libmicrohttpd < 0.9.32 >= 0.9.32

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.