Executive Summary

Summary
Title GNU libmicrohttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201402-01 First vendor Publication 2014-02-02
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-02-02
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU libmicrohttpd, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run an HTTP server as part of another application.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU libmicrohttpd.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU libmicrohttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.32"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7038 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7038
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-7039 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7039

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-01.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-01.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 16

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-06-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-728.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-19 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1576-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-12 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2014-353.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201402-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:38:07
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-02 21:20:45
  • First insertion