1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200504-29 / Pound |
| Release Date | April 30, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-servers/pound | < 1.8.3 | >= 1.8.3 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #90851
Pound is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end.
Steven Van Acker has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the "add_port()" function in Pound.
A remote attacker could send a request for an overly long hostname parameter, which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the Pound daemon process (by default, Gentoo uses the "nobody" user to run the Pound daemon).
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Pound users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/pound-1.8.3" |