Debian: 'micq' remote buffer overflow
Summary
PkC has reported that there is a buffer overflow in sprintf() in micq
versions 0.4.6, that allows to a remote attacker able to sniff packets
to the ICQ server to execute arbitrary code on the victim system.
We recommend you upgrade your micq package immediately.
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dpkg -i file.deb
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You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
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Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
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Potato was released for the alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc
architectures.
Source archives:
MD5 checksum: b564dd2d8e937611bd90d73096d4a138
MD5 checksum: ddc011d3509d593284bf9336e0a9f829
MD5 checksum: f86304bdbec4d1cf86fb991fc8355f39
Intel ia32 architecture:
MD5 checksum: b5a2d7327ffc35ab49a1e4f64c6f2567
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
MD5 checksum: a07906bae588eaec0b20974a8a871704
Sun Sparc architecture:
MD5 checksum: 59d5b78bea7f4cce3ea4ca7b5b28d005
Alpha architecture:
MD5 checksum: 06264f9d8a99edfcc43fac35080cc544
PowerPC architecture:
MD5 checksum: fbd7bb304918dad6f59d75c5a220dd31
ARM architecture:
MD5 checksum: 492b4162cc8f59c5dae6e56860ae6bfe
These files will be moved into
soon.
For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate
directory .
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For dpkg-ftp:
dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show