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diff --git a/glsa-200606-05.xml b/glsa-200606-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..04c5f30c76da --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200606-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200606-05"> + <title>Pound: HTTP request smuggling</title> + <synopsis> + Pound is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, which could be exploited to + bypass security restrictions or poison web caches. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">pound</product> + <announced>June 07, 2006</announced> + <revised>November 24, 2006: 03</revised> + <bug>118541</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-servers/pound" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0.5</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">1.10</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">1.9.4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.5</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Pound is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end. It allows + to distribute the load on several web servers and offers a SSL wrapper + for web servers that do not support SSL directly. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Pound fails to handle HTTP requests with conflicting "Content-Length" + and "Transfer-Encoding" headers correctly. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="low"> + <p> + An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending HTTP requests + with specially crafted "Content-Length" and "Transfer-Encoding" headers + to bypass certain security restrictions or to poison the web proxy + cache. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Pound users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose www-servers/pound</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3751">CVE-2005-3751</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 25 May 2006 15:47:49 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 25 May 2006 18:03:55 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 29 May 2006 16:09:23 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> +</glsa> |