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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-21 |
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PACKAGE : bitchx |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-03-24 11:56 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <1.0.19-r5 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=1.0.19-r5 |
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CVE : |
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- From advisory: |
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"Full of sprintf() calls and relying on BIG_BUFFER_SIZE being large |
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enough. There's multiple ways to exploit it by giving |
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near-BIG_BUFFER_SIZE strings in various places." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-irc/bitchx upgrade to bitchx-1.0.19-r5 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge bitchx |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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