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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2003.0302 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 291-1
New ircII packages fix DoS and arbitrary code execution
23 April 2003
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ircii
Vendor: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
Linux
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 291-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
April 22nd, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ircii
Vulnerability : buffer overflows
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
Timo Sirainen discovered several problems in ircII, a popular
client for Internet Relay Chat (IRC). A malicious server could
craft special reply strings, triggering the client to write beyond
buffer boundaries. This could lead to a denial of service if the
client only crashes, but may also lead to executing of arbitrary code
under the user id of the chatting user.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 20020322-1.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been
fixed in version 4.4M-1.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 20030315-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ircII package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 561 839b3a71f89b6c2eb5e832deb2dc59c3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 10664 eaca1c29c0cff98a88075c4b1d8ae03a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 618719 34d6fb3e4d2635b04978741a3fad5c9d
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 491222 66f35a7db3e501c0a4c1b6b8e760a3b0
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 436750 2fe088a4be9d7c1dd64b069a812d9dea
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 423470 a4382e8fd62713d631f9fd274539cc5f
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 411104 3a08779a159cbed3c29ae54056a715e8
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 441672 b3b334f2a030574eed464cdf6fecbc4d
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_4.4M-1.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 440372 4e9d015e3605fe247ed5e1d95d224d06
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 575 738b611ff09e3d2adc2dd3a4dff2e805
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 14312 d32509c26bf555b508fd5ae8fe44b7d8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 679408 2bf794fbc86e60dab17137ba002e265e
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 527350 6e077fc538dfc80c69b1277eaa3f4939
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 473926 afb398619d6ebb7d6f8260bb7501b604
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 457866 c9c084e3650a8d40d719d9bfa1313633
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 592094 6c3f4a25b53625a983d335772b65d8af
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 505096 9082959ed33c608b40642c6190e90c6b
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 445146 0b7bc7a9953907f3efa802d2c3a77067
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 495768 4b6cbeefed9d4074940b993cdd16df12
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 496074 b2c2e02139c7b429d42bf2e571411db1
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 477486 bac3107c4ec2436c7c56fc56206bdf48
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 471768 b25518d883fda3c6dae831dc12f071e7
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii/ircii_20020322-1.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 476582 72d1c710f316e721ce62bcd50c4b6d17
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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