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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201412-30
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Varnish: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 15, 2014
     Bugs: #458888, #489944
       ID: 201412-30

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Varnish, the worst of which
could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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Varnish is a web application accelerator.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  www-servers/varnish          < 3.0.5                    >= 3.0.5 

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition via a
specially crafted GET request. Furthermore a local attacker could
obtain sensitive information through insecure permissions on logfiles.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Varnish users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/varnish-3.0.5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-0345
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0345
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-4484
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4484

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-30

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/