A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - EnergyMech: Denial of Service. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-26
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: EnergyMech: Denial of Service
Date: June 26, 2006
Bugs: #132749
ID: 200606-26
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Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in EnergyMech that is
easily exploitable via IRC.
Background
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EnergyMech is an IRC bot programmed in C.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-irc/emech < 3.0.2 >= 3.0.2
Description
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A bug in EnergyMech fails to handle empty CTCP NOTICEs correctly, and
will cause a crash from a segmentation fault.
Impact
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By sending an empty CTCP NOTICE, a remote attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All EnergyMech users should update to the latest stable version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/emech-3.0.2"
References
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[ 1 ] EnergyMech Changelog
http://www.energymech.net/versions-3.0.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-200606-26.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 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
