DSA-1088-1 centericq -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1088-1 centericq -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

03 Jun 2006

Affected Packages:

centericq

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 340959.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15600.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3863.

More information:

Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez discovered a buffer overflow in the ktools library which is used in centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, which may lead local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.1-1.1woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.21.0-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.