Pavuk: Digest authentication helper buffer overflow

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
net-misc/pavuk	<= 0.9.28-r2	>= 0.9.28-r3	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: No related gentoo bugreports

Pavuk contains a bug that can allow an attacker to run arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Pavuk is web spider and website mirroring tool.

Pavuk contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the code handling digest authentication.

An attacker could cause a buffer overflow, leading to arbitrary code execution with the rights of the user running Pavuk.

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Pavuk.

All Pavuk users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/pavuk-0.9.28-r3"
# emerge ">=net-misc/pavuk-0.9.28-r3"

4. References

Page updated July 26, 2004

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