- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: KSirc: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: January 29, 2007 Updated: January 30, 2007 Bugs: #159658 ID: 200701-26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== KSirc is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. Background ========== KSirc is the default KDE IRC client. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-base/ksirc < 3.5.5-r1 >= 3.5.5-r1 Description =========== KSirc fails to check the size of an incoming PRIVMSG string sent from an IRC server during the connection process. Impact ====== A malicious IRC server could send a long PRIVMSG string to the KSirc client causing an assertion failure and the dereferencing of a null pointer, resulting in a crash. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All KSirc users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/ksirc-3.5.5-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6811 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6811 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml Concerns? ========= 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 ======= Copyright 2007 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/2.5
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