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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-26 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: KSirc: Denial of Service vulnerability |
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Date: January 29, 2007 |
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Updated: January 30, 2007 |
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Bugs: #159658 |
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ID: 200701-26 |
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Synopsis |
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KSirc is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. |
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Background |
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KSirc is the default KDE IRC client. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 kde-base/ksirc < 3.5.5-r1 >= 3.5.5-r1 |
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Description |
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KSirc fails to check the size of an incoming PRIVMSG string sent from |
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an IRC server during the connection process. |
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Impact |
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A malicious IRC server could send a long PRIVMSG string to the KSirc |
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client causing an assertion failure and the dereferencing of a null |
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pointer, resulting in a crash. |
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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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All KSirc users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/ksirc-3.5.5-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-6811 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6811 |
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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-200701-26.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 2007 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 |