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<glsa id="200411-37">
  <title>Open DC Hub: Remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    Open DC Hub contains a buffer overflow that can be exploited to allow
    remote code execution.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">opendchub</product>
  <announced>2004-11-28</announced>
  <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
  <bug>72371</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-p2p/opendchub" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.7.14-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.7.14-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Open DC Hub is the hub software for the Direct Connect file sharing
    network.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Donato Ferrante discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the
    RedirectAll command of the Open DC Hub.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    Upon exploitation, a remote user with administrative privileges can
    execute arbitrary code on the system running the Open DC Hub.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Only give administrative rights to trusted users.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Open DC Hub users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-p2p/opendchub-0.7.14-r2"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1115.html">Full-Disclosure Advisory</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1127">CVE-2004-1127</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-11-28T03:48:46Z">
    lewk
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-11-28T03:49:07Z">
    lewk
  </metadata>
</glsa>
