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From: Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200709-07 ] Eggdrop: Buffer overflow
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:55:23
Message-Id: 46EBFA95.3080500@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Eggdrop: Buffer overflow
9 Date: September 15, 2007
10 Bugs: #179354
11 ID: 200709-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 A remote stack-based buffer overflow has been discovered in Eggdrop.
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20 Background
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23 Eggdrop is an IRC bot extensible with C or Tcl.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 net-irc/eggdrop < 1.6.18-r2 >= 1.6.18-r2
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33 Description
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36 Bow Sineath discovered a boundary error in the file
37 mod/server.mod/servrmsg.c when processing overly long private messages
38 sent by an IRC server.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice an Eggdrop user to connect the bot to a
44 malicious server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
45 on the host running Eggdrop.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Eggdrop users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/eggdrop-1.6.18-r2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-2807
64 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2807
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-07.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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