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Debian: DSA-3586-1 Critical: Atheme Buffer Overflow DoS

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3579-2 highlights a critical heap overflow vulnerability in the OpenSSH package, demanding immediate user intervention for system stability.
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the XMLRPC response encoding code of the Atheme IRC services may result in denial of service
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Summary

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the XMLRPC response encoding
code of the Atheme IRC services may result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0.11-2+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 7.0.7-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.0.7-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your atheme-services packages.

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



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Package: atheme-services
CVE ID: CVE-2016-4478

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