Gentoo: bitchx buffer overflow vulnerabilities
Bitchx is full of sprintf() calls and relying on BIG_BUFFER_SIZE being large enough.
Summary
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- From advisory:
"Full of sprintf() calls and relying on BIG_BUFFER_SIZE being large enough. There's multiple ways to exploit it by giving near-BIG_BUFFER_SIZE strings in various places."
Read the full advisory at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-irc/bitchx upgrade to bitchx-1.0.19-r5 as follows:
emerge sync emerge bitchx emerge clean
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1.0.19-r5
Resolution
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Concerns
Severity
PACKAGE : bitchx
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-03-24 11:56 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <1.0.19-r5 : fixed version>=1.0.19-r5
CVE :
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