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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e391aa43642 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200512-13"> + <title>Dropbear: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow in Dropbear could allow authenticated users to execute + arbitrary code as the root user. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">dropbear</product> + <announced>2005-12-23</announced> + <revised count="01">2005-12-23</revised> + <bug>116006</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-misc/dropbear" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.47</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.47</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Dropbear is an SSH server and client with a small memory + footprint. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Under certain conditions Dropbear could fail to allocate a + sufficient amount of memory, possibly resulting in a buffer overflow. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + By sending specially crafted data to the server, authenticated + users could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with + the permissions of the SSH server user, which is the root user by + default. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Dropbear users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dropbear-0.47"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4178">CVE-2005-4178</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-12-20T11:10:03Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-12-20T16:40:12Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-12-21T10:00:54Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> +</glsa> |