GLSA-200411-02 : Cherokee: Format string vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15590

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-200411-02 (Cherokee: Format string vulnerability)

Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team found a format string vulnerability in the cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string() function.
Impact :

Using a specially crafted URL when authenticating via auth_pam, a malicious user may be able to crash the server or execute arbitrary code on the target machine with permissions of the user running Cherokee.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cherokee users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/cherokee-0.4.17.1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15590

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-02.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1097

GLSA: 200411-02

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