Debian: epic4 buffer overflow vulnerability DSA-298-1
Summary
Timo Sirainen discovered several problems in EPIC4, 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 1.1.2.20020219-2.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been
fixed in version pre2.508-2.3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.11.20030409-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your EPIC4 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: 575 bf82239fcf96a929db604116912906f9
Size/MD5 checksum: 11777 3bcd046e87e71d6b3701859a9ee596cb
Size/MD5 checksum: 577850 9736d3c29f6849866f156586a5fc1b69
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 396552 2168aa867ffec656f2b7ab162db51a6b
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 320358 501ec6ea8ea03d330d14cfeb4d5013f5
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 302924 93df26349acbcbc8551510f5b47a22e9
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 285006 6f57c007bf4d8815e2599ce2942e14af
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 328446 028ae97c41d3a6cca9209cb5c22d0a1a
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 322022 c30ac7700e9d8253a647414f5bff9e65
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 632 50dcf61735f5af258973338a392a934d
Size/MD5 checksum: 13261 2c1c50f6812499739ce1a70ac956207f
Size/MD5 checksum: 647989 2f5d39e7cc17fd83e455cbc442f45dd0
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 450244 4414d3a062bffcbc84dd6c2a83baa5e6
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 374884 af0764d720ca431bb9136ece1c20fb18
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 356958 cf313a6bb7b0cc1b838aad2688ad4090
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 541896 30bfe1a94ffccccd39ad3165c9e9d8cd
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 423138 c25f83d8eb9ee8efc9aad052caba3fbe
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 337608 993be866c02da5a775ba8218de0a0b5a
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 388388 7a8e1ddf1b6efa0d502600ab9b0ddb0f
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 389334 40f70d2dddbb2d5a3ec3e098c6b69858
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 384384 6a0f1d1830dda14d37058bc9597c77a5
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 370752 cbbbfc29e34516e5461378a4be08b883
Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 372758 cc3ac3d670a6eec3963e5b8342047ed7
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
