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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-40
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: ngIRCd: Buffer overflow
Date: January 28, 2005
Bugs: #79705
ID: 200501-40
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Synopsis
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ngIRCd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can be used to crash the
daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Background
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ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-irc/ngircd < 0.8.2 >= 0.8.2
Description
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Florian Westphal discovered a buffer overflow caused by an integer
underflow in the Lists_MakeMask() function of lists.c.
Impact
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A remote attacker can exploit this buffer overflow to crash the ngIRCd
daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the
ngIRCd daemon process.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All ngIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ngIRCd-0.8.2"
References
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[ 1 ] ngIRCd Release Annoucement
http://arthur.ath.cx/pipermail/ngircd-ml/2005-January/000228.html
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-40.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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