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From: Tobias Heinlein <keytoaster@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200904-04 ] WeeChat: Denial of Service
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:28:25
Message-Id: 49D7976E.9070307@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-04
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: WeeChat: Denial of Service
9 Date: April 04, 2009
10 Bugs: #262997
11 ID: 200904-04
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15 Synopsis
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18 A processing error in WeeChat might lead to a Denial of Service.
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20 Background
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23 Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) is a light and extensible
24 console IRC client.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-irc/weechat < 0.2.6.1 >= 0.2.6.1
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34 Description
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37 Sebastien Helleu reported an array out-of-bounds error in the colored
38 message handling.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted PRIVMSG command,
44 possibly leading to a Denial of Service (application crash).
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All WeeChat users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/weechat-0.2.6.1"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2009-0661
63 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0661
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-04.xml
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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