Alf-Andre Walla discovered a remotely triggerable assert in the Varnish web accelerator; sending a malformed HTTP request could result in denial of service. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4514-1
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Varnish, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Varnish: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 15, 2014 Bugs: #458888, #489944 ID: 201412-30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Varnish, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition. Background ========= Varnish is a web application accelerator. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/varnish < 3.0.5 > = 3.0.5 Description ========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Varnish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ===== 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 ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All Varnish users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =www-servers/varnish-3.0.5" References ========= [ 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 =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-30 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
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