DSA-493-1 xchat -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-493-1 xchat -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

21 Apr 2004

Affected Packages:

xchat

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 244184.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0409.

More information:

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Socks-5 proxy code of XChat, an IRC client for X similar to AmIRC. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the users' machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.9-0woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xchat and related packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-common_1.8.9-0woody3_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb

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