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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200807-12 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: BitchX: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: July 21, 2008 |
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Bugs: #190667 |
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ID: 200807-12 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in BitchX may allow for the remote execution |
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of arbitrary code or symlink attacks. |
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Background |
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BitchX is an IRC client. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-irc/bitchx <= 1.1-r4 Vulnerable! |
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate |
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to another package if one is available or wait for the |
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existing packages to be marked stable by their |
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architecture maintainers. |
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Description |
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bannedit reported a boundary error when handling overly long IRC MODE |
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messages (CVE-2007-4584). Nico Golde reported an insecure creation of a |
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temporary file within the e_hostname() function (CVE-2007-5839). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious IRC |
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server, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the user running the application. A local attacker could |
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perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the local |
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machine. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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Since BitchX is no longer maintained, we recommend that users unmerge |
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the vulnerable package and switch to another IRC client: |
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# emerge --unmerge "net-irc/bitchx" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-4584 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4584 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-5839 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5839 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-12.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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