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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA144] DSA-144-1 wwwoffle Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA144] DSA-144-1 wwwoffle |
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DSA-144-1 wwwoffle Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment A problem with wwwoffle has been discovered. The web proxy didn't handle input data with negative Content-Length settings properly which causes the processing child to crash. It is at this time not obvious how this can lead to an exploitable vulnerability however, it's better to be safe than sorry, so here's an update. Additionally, in the woody version empty passwords will be treated as wrong when trying to authenticate. In the woody version we also replaced CanonicaliseHost() with the latest routine from 2.7d, offered by upstream. This stops bad IPv6 format IP addresses in URLs from causing problems (memory overwriting, potential exploits). This problem has been fixed in version 2.5c-10.4 for the old stable distribution (potato), in version 2.7a-1.2 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.7d-1 for the unstable distribution (sid). We recommend that you upgrade your wwwoffle packages. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-144 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 5260 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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