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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200411-20">
+ <title>ez-ipupdate: Format string vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ ez-ipupdate contains a format string vulnerability that could lead to
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ez-ipupdate</product>
+ <announced>2004-11-11</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2004-11-11</revised>
+ <bug>69658</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-dns/ez-ipupdate" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.0.11_beta8-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">3.0.11_beta8</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ ez-ipupdate is a utility for updating host name information for a large number of dynamic DNS services.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in ez-ipupdate.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running ez-ipupdate, which could be the root user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All ez-ipupdate users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-dns/ez-ipupdate-3.0.11_beta8-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0980">CAN-2004-0980</uri>
+ <uri link="http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028590.html">Full Disclosure Announcement</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-11-09T20:12:06Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-11-11T14:43:17Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>