A Cfengine update is available for Gentoo Linux
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-08
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Cfengine : RSA Authentication Heap Corruption
Date: August 10, 2004
Bugs: #59895
ID: 200408-08
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Synopsis
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Cfengine is vulnerable to a remote root exploit from clients in AllowConnectionsFrom.
Background
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Cfengine is an agent/software robot and a high level policy language for building expert systems to administrate and configure large computer networks.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/cfengine = 2.1.8
net-misc/cfengine >= 2.0.0 >= 2.1.8
Description
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in cfservd. One is a buffer overflow in the AuthenticationDialogue function and the other is a failure to check the proper return value of the ReceiveTransaction function.
Impact
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An attacker could use the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running cfservd, which is usually the root user. However, before such an attack could be mounted, the IP-based ACL would have to be bypassed. With the second vulnerability, an attacker could cause a denial of service attack.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Cfengine.
Resolution
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All Cfengine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/cfengine-2.1.8"
# emerge ">=net-misc/cfengine-2.1.8"
References
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[ 1 ] Corelabs Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10
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-200408-08.xml
Concerns?
========
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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
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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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-08
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Cfengine : RSA Authentication Heap Corruption
Date: August 10, 2004
Bugs: #59895
ID: 200408-08
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Synopsis
=======
Cfengine is vulnerable to a remote root exploit from clients in AllowConnectionsFrom.
Background
=========
Cfengine is an agent/software robot and a high level policy language for building expert systems to administrate and configure large computer networks.
Affected packages
================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 net-misc/cfengine = 2.1.8
net-misc/cfengine >= 2.0.0 >= 2.1.8
Description
==========
Two vulnerabilities have been found in cfservd. One is a buffer overflow in the AuthenticationDialogue function and the other is a failure to check the proper return value of the ReceiveTransaction function.
Impact
=====
An attacker could use the buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running cfservd, which is usually the root user. However, before such an attack could be mounted, the IP-based ACL would have to be bypassed. With the second vulnerability, an attacker could cause a denial of service attack.
Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Cfengine.
Resolution
=========
All Cfengine users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/cfengine-2.1.8"
# emerge ">=net-misc/cfengine-2.1.8"
References
=========
[ 1 ] Corelabs Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-08.xml
Concerns?
========
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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
======
Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
