Bugtraq: [ GLSA 200405-13 ] neon heap-based buffer overflow

From: Thierry Carrez <koon_at_gentoo.org>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:25:46 +0200

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-13
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: neon heap-based buffer overflow
      Date: May 20, 2004
      Bugs: #51490
        ID: 200405-13

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability potentially allowing remote execution of arbitrary code
has been discovered in the neon library.

Background
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neon provides an HTTP and WebDAV client library.

Affected packages
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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 net-misc/neon <= 0.24.5 >= 0.24.6

Description
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Stefan Esser discovered a vulnerability in the code of the neon library
: if a malicious date string is passed to the ne_rfc1036_parse()
function, it can trigger a string overflow into static heap variables.

Impact
======

Depending on the application linked against libneon and when connected
to a malicious WebDAV server, this vulnerability could allow execution
of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running that application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to
upgrade to the latest available version of neon.

Resolution
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All users of neon should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/neon-0.24.6"
# emerge ">=net-misc/neon-0.24.6"

References
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  [ 1 ] E-matters advisory 06/2004
        http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/062004.html
  [ 2 ] CAN-2004-0398
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0398

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-13.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security_at_gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0

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Received on May 20 2004