DSA-2078-1 kvirc -- programming error

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2078-1 kvirc -- programming error

Date Reported:

31 Jul 2010

Affected Packages:

kvirc

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-2785.

More information:

It was discovered that incorrect parsing of CTCP commands in kvirc, a KDE-based IRC client, could lead to the execution of arbitrary IRC commands against other users.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.4.0-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.0.0-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your kvirc package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6.dsc

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-data_3.4.0-6_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc_3.4.0-6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kvirc/kvirc-dev_3.4.0-6_sparc.deb

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