For your information.
But now the bug is published, so all servers should really be updated as fast as possible.
Regards Alex
Von: Thierry Carrez koon@gentoo.org Datum: 28. Januar 2005 23:07:30 Uhr MEZ An: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com Betreff: [ GLSA 200501-40 ] ngIRCd: Buffer overflow User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041208)
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-40
http://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High Title: ngIRCd: Buffer overflow Date: January 28, 2005 Bugs: #79705 ID: 200501-40
Synopsis
ngIRCd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can be used to crash the daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Background
ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
Affected packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected -------------------------------------------------------------------1 net-irc/ngircd < 0.8.2 >= 0.8.2
Description
Florian Westphal discovered a buffer overflow caused by an integer underflow in the Lists_MakeMask() function of lists.c.
Impact
A remote attacker can exploit this buffer overflow to crash the ngIRCd daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the ngIRCd daemon process.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All ngIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ngIRCd-0.8.2"References
[ 1 ] ngIRCd Release Annoucement
http://arthur.ath.cx/pipermail/ngircd-ml/2005-January/000228.html
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-40.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2005 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.
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Alexander Barton