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GLSA-201911-02 : pump: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130634

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201911-02 (pump: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

 It was discovered that there was an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the pump DHCP/BOOTP client.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to connect to a malicious server, could cause the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running pump DHCP/BOOTP client.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for pump. We recommend that users unmerge pump:
 # emerge --unmerge 'net-misc/pump'

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/933674

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 130634

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201911-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/8/2019

Updated: 11/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pump, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Reference Information

GLSA: 201911-02