DSA-1433-1 centericq -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-3713  

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code due to insufficient bounds-testing. For the old stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge5. For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 4.21.0-18etch1. We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1433-1 centericq -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
16 Dec 2007
Affected Packages:
centericq
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-3713.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code due to insufficient bounds-testing.

For the old stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge5.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 4.21.0-18etch4.

We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5.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_4.20.0-1sarge5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge5_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.21.0-18etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.21.0-18etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.21.0-18etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.21.0-18etch4_sparc.deb

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