Title: Axel HTTP Redirection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
Axel is a download accelerator application for various Linux platforms.
Axel is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in 'conn.c'. This issue presents itself when Axel handles HTTP redirection. A malicious HTTP response could overrun a static buffer, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution in the security context of the application.
This vulnerability was fixed in Axel 1.0b. All earlier versions are potentially affected.
Affected Products:
- Axel Axel 1.0.0 a
- Debian Linux 3.0.0
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 arm
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 mips
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ppc
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 sparc
- Gentoo Linux
References:
- Axel: Axel Home Page
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