- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Eggdrop: Buffer overflow Date: September 15, 2007 Bugs: #179354 ID: 200709-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A remote stack-based buffer overflow has been discovered in Eggdrop. Background ========== Eggdrop is an IRC bot extensible with C or Tcl. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/eggdrop < 1.6.18-r2 >= 1.6.18-r2 Description =========== Bow Sineath discovered a boundary error in the file mod/server.mod/servrmsg.c when processing overly long private messages sent by an IRC server. Impact ====== A remote attacker could entice an Eggdrop user to connect the bot to a malicious server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code on the host running Eggdrop. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Eggdrop users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/eggdrop-1.6.18-r2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-2807 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2807 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-07.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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