Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:46:33 -0200
From: Conectiva Updates <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: [CLA-2003:765] Conectiva Security Announcement - ircd
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : ircd
SUMMARY : Local denial of service vulnerability
DATE : 2003-10-17 15:46:00
ID : CLA-2003:765
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9
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DESCRIPTION
The ircd package contains an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server[1].
Piotr Kucharski reported[2] a buffer overflow vulnerability that may
allow an attacker to crash the ircd server, thus causing a denial of
service condition. The package released with this advisory includes a
patch[3] that fixes the problem.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0864[4] to this issue.
SOLUTION
All users of the ircd package should upgrade.
IMPORTANT: After the update, it is necessary to restart the ircd
server manually in order to load the new, non-vulnerable version. In
order to do that, please run the following command as root:
# /sbin/service ircd restart
REFERENCES
1.ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/server
2.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/341099
3.http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~chopin/ircd/patches/m_join.diff
4.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0864
UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/ircd-2.10.3p3-27242U90_2cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/ircd-2.10.3p3-27242U90_2cl.src.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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