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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200312-06.xml b/glsa-200312-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1d0ba5e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200312-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> + +<glsa id="200312-06"> + <title>XChat: malformed dcc send request denial of service</title> + <synopsis> + A bug in XChat could allow malformed dcc send requests to cause a denial of + service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">xchat</product> + <announced>2003-12-14</announced> + <revised>2003-12-14: 01</revised> + <bug>35623</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-irc/xchat" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0.6-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="eq">2.0.6</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + XChat is a multiplatform IRC client. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + There is a remotely exploitable bug in XChat 2.0.6 that could lead to a + denial of service attack. Gentoo wishes to thank lloydbates for discovering + this bug, as well as jcdutton and rac for submitting patches to fix the bug. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="medium"> + <p> + A malformed DCC packet sent by a remote attacker can cause XChat to crash. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + For Gentoo users, xchat-2.0.6 was marked ~arch (unstable) for most + architectures. Since it was never marked as stable in the portage tree, + only xchat users who have explictly added the unstable keyword to + ACCEPT_KEYWORDS are affected. Users may updated affected machines to the + patched version of xchat using the following commands: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + # emerge -pv '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.6-r1' + # emerge '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.6-r1' + # emerge clean</code> + <p> + This assumes that users are running with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS enabled for their + architecture. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2003-12/msg00000.html">XChat Announcement</uri> + </references> +</glsa> |