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<glsa id="200504-09">
  <title>Axel: Vulnerability in HTTP redirection handling</title>
  <synopsis>
    A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in Axel which could lead to
    the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Axel</product>
  <announced>2005-04-12</announced>
  <revised count="01">2005-04-12</revised>
  <bug>88264</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/axel" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0b</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0b</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Axel is a console-based FTP/HTTP download accelerator.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    A possible buffer overflow has been reported in the HTTP
    redirection handling code in conn.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by setting up a
    malicious site and enticing a user to connect to it. This could
    possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions
    of the user running Axel.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Axel users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/axel-1.0b"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0390">CAN-2005-0390</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-04-11T18:36:13Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-04-11T19:29:05Z">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-04-12T11:48:11Z">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
</glsa>
