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Gentoo: GLSA-202110-28 Normal: Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2014
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Multiple vulnerabilities in ZNC could lead to Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple NULL pointer dereferences have been found in ZNC.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity ZNC

Resolution

All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/znc-1.2-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2130 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2130 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9403 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9403

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-31
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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: ZNC: Denial of Service
Date: December 19, 2014
Bugs: #471738, #507794
ID: 201412-31

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity ZNC

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in ZNC could lead to Denial of Service.

Background

ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/znc < 1.2-r1 >= 1.2-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.