A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - KSirc: Denial of Service vulnerability. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-26
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: KSirc: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date: January 29, 2007
Updated: January 30, 2007
Bugs: #159658
ID: 200701-26
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Synopsis
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KSirc is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.
Background
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KSirc is the default KDE IRC client.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 kde-base/ksirc < 3.5.5-r1 >= 3.5.5-r1
Description
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KSirc fails to check the size of an incoming PRIVMSG string sent from
an IRC server during the connection process.
Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All KSirc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/ksirc-3.5.5-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-6811
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6811
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-200701-26.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 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
