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[GLSA-200404-11] Multiple Vulnerabilities in pwlib

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Multiple Vulnerabilities in pwlib

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0097

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200404-11

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200404-11
(Multiple Vulnerabilities in pwlib)


Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the implimentation of protocol
H.323 contained in pwlib. Most of the vulnerabilies are in the parsing of
ASN.1 elements which would allow an attacker to use a maliciously crafted
ASN.1 element to cause unpredictable behavior in pwlib.

Impact

An attacker may cause a denial of service condition or cause a buffer
overflow that would allow arbitrary code to be executed with root
privileges.

Workaround

Blocking ports 1719 and 1720 may reduce the likelihood of an attack. All
users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0097
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/006489/h323.htm


Solution:
All pwlib users are advised to upgrade to version 1.5.2-r3 or later:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=dev-libs/pwlib-1.5.2-r3"
# emerge ">=dev-libs/pwlib-1.5.2-r3"


Risk Factor : High