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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-31 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: jabberd 1.x: Denial of Service vulnerability |
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Date: September 23, 2004 |
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Bugs: #64741 |
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ID: 200409-31 |
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Synopsis |
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The jabberd server was found to be vulnerable to a remote Denial of |
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Service attack. |
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Background |
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Jabber is a set of streaming XML protocols enabling message, presence, |
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and other structured information exchange between two hosts. jabberd is |
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the original implementation of the Jabber protocol server. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-im/jabberd <= 1.4.3-r3 >= 1.4.3-r4 |
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Description |
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Jose Antonio Calvo found a defect in routines handling XML parsing of |
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incoming data. jabberd 1.x may crash upon reception of invalid data on |
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any socket connection on which XML is parsed. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker may send a specific sequence of bytes to an open |
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socket to crash the jabberd server, resulting in a Denial of Service. |
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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 jabberd users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=net-im/jabberd-1.4.3-r4" |
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# emerge ">=net-im/jabberd-1.4.3-r4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Vulnerability disclosure |
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http://www.jabber.org/pipermail/jabberd/2004-September/002004.html |
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[ 2 ] Jabber announcement |
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http://www.jabber.org/pipermail/jadmin/2004-September/018046.html |
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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-200409-31.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 2004 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/1.0 |