__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN cgiirc -- Buffer Overflows [DSA-1052-1] May 8, 2006 16:00 GMT Number Q-190 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several buffer overflows have been discovered in cgiirc, a web-based IRC client. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) DAMAGE: This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM - This could allow remote attackers to ASSESSMENT: execute arbitrary code. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-190.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1052 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2006-2148 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start DSA-1052-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1052-1 cgiirc -- buffer overflows Date Reported: 08 May 2006 Affected Packages: cgiirc Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 365680. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-2148. More information: Several buffer overflows have been discovered in cgiirc, a web-based IRC client, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain cgiirc packages. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.4-6sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.4-6sarge1. We recommend that you upgrade your cgiirc package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4- 6sarge1.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4.orig.tar.gz Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cgiirc/cgiirc_0.5.4-6sarge1_ sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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