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Debian DSA-2393-1 Critical: Bip Remote Code Execution Fix

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2012
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A new security alert has been issued for Debian updates, highlighting a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the bip IRC proxy, requiring urgent patching
Julien Tinnes reported a buffer overflow in the bip multiuser irc proxy which may allow arbitrary code execution by remote users
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Summary

Julien Tinnes reported a buffer overflow in the bip multiuser irc proxy
which may allow arbitrary code execution by remote users.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.8.2-1squeeze4.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid),
this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your bip packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: bip
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0806

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