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diff --git a/glsa-200701-28.xml b/glsa-200701-28.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f81fd6e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200701-28.xml @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +<?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="200701-28"> + <title>thttpd: Unauthenticated remote file access</title> + <synopsis> + The default configuration of the Gentoo thttpd package potentially allows + unauthenticated access to system files when used with newer versions of + baselayout. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">thttpd</product> + <announced>January 31, 2007</announced> + <revised>March 11, 2007: 02</revised> + <bug>142047</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-servers/thttpd" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.25b-r6</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.25b-r6</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + thttpd is a webserver designed to be simple, small, and fast. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + thttpd is vulnerable to an underlying change made to the + start-stop-daemon command in the current stable Gentoo baselayout + package (version 1.12.6). In the new version, the start-stop-daemon + command performs a "chdir /" command just before starting the thttpd + process. In the Gentoo default configuration, this causes thttpd to + start with the document root set to "/", the sytem root directory. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="low"> + <p> + When thttpd starts with the document root set to the system root + directory, all files on the system that are readable by the thttpd + process can be remotely accessed by unauthenticated users. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Alter the THTTPD_OPTS variable in /etc/conf.d/thttpd to include the + "-d" option to specify the document root. Alternatively, modify the + THTTPD_OPTS variable in /etc/conf.d/thttpd to specify a thttpd.conf + file using the "-C" option, and then configure the "dir=" directive in + that thttpd.conf file. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All thttpd users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/thttpd-2.25b-r5"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0664">CVE-2007-0664</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:41:44 +0000"> + shellsage + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:49:26 +0000"> + aetius + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:45:13 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |