metadata/glsa/glsa-200601-05.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200601-05">
  <title>mod_auth_pgsql: Multiple format string vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Format string vulnerabilities in mod_auth_pgsql may lead to the execution
    of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mod_auth_pgsql</product>
  <announced>January 10, 2006</announced>
  <revised>December 30, 2007: 03</revised>
  <bug>118096</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-apache/mod_auth_pgsql" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.3</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="lt">1.0.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    mod_auth_pgsql is an Apache2 module that allows user authentication
    against a PostgreSQL database.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The error logging functions of mod_auth_pgsql fail to validate certain
    strings before passing them to syslog, resulting in format string
    vulnerabilities.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities
    to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the
    Apache2 server by sending specially crafted login names.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All mod_auth_pgsql users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-apache/mod_auth_pgsql-2.0.3&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3656">CVE-2005-3656</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0070">FrSIRT ADV-2006-0070</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:42:51 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:43:17 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:56:56 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
</glsa>