Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU libmicrohttpd, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Package | net-libs/libmicrohttpd on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 0.9.32 |
Unaffected versions | >= 0.9.32 |
GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run an HTTP server as part of another application.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU libmicrohttpd. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All GNU libmicrohttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.32"
Release date
February 02, 2014
Latest revision
February 02, 2014: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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