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Gentoo FoundationGLSA-200405-01

HistoryMay 09, 2004 - 12:00 a.m.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in neon 0.24.4 and earlier

2004-05-0900:00:00

Gentoo Foundation

security.gentoo.org

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.4%

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Background

neon provides an HTTP and WebDAV client library.

Description

There are multiple format string vulnerabilities in libneon which may allow a malicious WebDAV server to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process using libneon.

Impact

An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process using libneon.

Workaround

A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.

Resolution

Neon users should upgrade to version 0.24.5 or later:

 # emerge sync

 # emerge -pv "&gt;=net-misc/neon-0.24.5"
 # emerge "&gt;=net-misc/neon-0.24.5"

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-misc/neon<= 0.24.4UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Gentoo	any	all	net-misc/neon	<= 0.24.4	UNKNOWN

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.4%

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