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Gentoo: GLSA-200404-15 Low: XChat 2.0.x SOCKS5 Remote Exploit

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2004
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XChat has been found to contain a SOCKS5 flaw that permits remote code execution; resolution details provided herein.
XChat is vulnerable to a stack overflow that may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Low Title: XChat 2.0.x SOCKS5 Vulnerability
Date: April 19, 2004 Bugs: #46856 ID: 200404-15

Synopsis ======= XChat is vulnerable to a stack overflow that may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code.
Background ========= XChat is a multiplatform IRC client.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- net-irc/xchat < 2.0.8-r1 >= 2.0.8-r1
========== The SOCKS 5 proxy code in XChat is vulnerable to a remote exploit. Users would have to be using XChat through a SOCKS 5 server, enable SOCKS 5 traversal which is disabled by default and also connect to an attacker'...

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