glsa-201402-01.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-01">
  <title>GNU libmicrohttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities </title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU libmicrohttpd, the
    worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libmicrohttpd</product>
  <announced>February 02, 2014</announced>
  <revised>February 02, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>493450</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/libmicrohttpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.9.32</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.32</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy
      to run an HTTP server as part of another application.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU libmicrohttpd.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
      the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive
      information.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GNU libmicrohttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.32"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7038">CVE-2013-7038</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7039">CVE-2013-7039</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:37:58 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:09:10 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>