DSA-1448-1 eggdrop -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1448-1 eggdrop -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

05 Jan 2008

Affected Packages:

eggdrop

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 427157.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2807.

More information:

It was discovered that eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.17-3sarge1.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.18-1.1

We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1.dsc

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.17-3sarge1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_m68k.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.18-1etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch4_sparc.deb

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