Debian: epic buffer overflow vulnerability
Summary
Timo Sirainen discovered several problems in EPIC, a popular client
for Internet Relay Chat (IRC). A malicious server could craft special
reply strings, triggering the client to write beyond buffer
boundaries. This could lead to a denial of service if the client only
crashes, but may also lead to executing of arbitrary code under the
user id of the chatting user.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 3.004-17.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been
fixed in version 3.004-16.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 3.004-19.
We recommend that you upgrade your EPIC package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 561 f30f26687be35f7ddf6d68dc14842a82
Size/MD5 checksum: 25549 3794d656d9fd6088f0eccfb75e59b6c6
Size/MD5 checksum: 677941 4b79e9bb25909d5c4ce7cee4970e335b
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 547614 f7ccc5b8a2862f9ff5a1592b97c68478
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 483260 29a3202bdf3c205742495ff72357b1a0
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 471578 bb14820d6640aa8b93273b5a45f87fc8
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 457788 2ff116874a2275f591444d84a3d936cc
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 492272 df6f2424b9a510840d3faf4c01a901a7
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 491590 ed97bd311c43cbf96b204e40773648a8
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 561 34581ed32aeba4a3bfaca088f53c2cd2
Size/MD5 checksum: 25526 c8a0c85117f390de9fb7913f7e3c3a92
Size/MD5 checksum: 677941 4b79e9bb25909d5c4ce7cee4970e335b
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 543524 6376800ca40516317f702140dafbce6b
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 484304 d3facae365512f15b0782123ce4003b5
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 471524 1e276d3a9be715cebb354d23910216df
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 609232 9adfca3ab1dcbdfbb8bd433127720a8f
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 518834 6778748f37cbd0a121da1a2b37ce8fdb
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 457434 66d4f62d88057ca99ee3366578696af5
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 512400 121c29a37448bb9f49218eb1579902b2
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 512312 efde0f25f68d5ce8eaaabe0674a2d681
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 492006 3cc7146df4be5fe24e259b4d0e2786a3
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 480718 4c4b61fb3bdf7aa162d397f4798f9586
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 491792 086cda5b81ca189e129a214b232ea586
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show
