DSA-1664-1 ekg -- missing input sanitising

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1664-1 ekg -- missing input sanitising

Date Reported:

10 Nov 2008

Affected Packages:

ekg

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-4776.

More information:

It was discovered that ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client performs insufficient input sanitising in the code to parse contact descriptions, which may result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.7~rc2-1etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.8~rc1-2 of libgadu.

We recommend that you upgrade your ekg package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4.dsc

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/ekg_1.7~rc2-1etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu3_1.7~rc2-1etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ekg/libgadu-dev_1.7~rc2-1etch4_sparc.deb

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