DSA-1826-1 eggdrop -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-2807   CVE-2009-1789  

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-2807 It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code. The previous DSA (DSA-1448-1) did not fix the issue correctly. CVE-2009-1789 It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, that allows remote attackers to cause a crash via a crafted PRIVMSG. For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.1+lenny1. For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.2 We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1826-1 eggdrop -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
04 Jul 2009
Affected Packages:
eggdrop
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 427157, Bug 528778.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2807, CVE-2009-1789.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-2807

    It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code. The previous DSA (DSA-1448-1) did not fix the issue correctly.

  • CVE-2009-1789

    It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, that allows remote attackers to cause a crash via a crafted PRIVMSG.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.2

We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

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

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_sparc.deb

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