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Debian: DSA-1735-1 Moderate: Znc Input Flaw Privilege Escalation

It was discovered that znc, an IRC proxy/bouncer, does not properly sanitize input contained in configuration change requests to the webadmin interface. This allows authenticated users to elevate their privileges and indirectly execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2009-0759). . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1735-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer March 10, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : znc Vulnerability : missing input sanitization Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-0759 Debian Bug : 516950 It was discovered that znc, an IRC proxy/bouncer, does not properly sanitize input contained in configuration change requests to the webadmin interface. This allows authenticated users to elevate their privileges and indirectly execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2009-0759). For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.045-3+etch2. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.058-2+lenny1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.066-1. We recommend that you upgrade your znc packages. Upgrade instructions - -------------------- 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 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 2048639a514b125b7514811fd03befa73cce77 Size/MD5 checksum: 962 1962af4c56b4c4c169832249d6b99f30 Size/MD5 checksum: 12817 c254e989604122fb7267a0fafeddfd95 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) Size/MD5 checksum: 859792 f154f471d3b0d42d7b7cfe8eebaf3134 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) Size/MD5 checksum: 793694 80c9126c518abe062265cee5d94ca6f1 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) Size/MD5 checksum: 857356 04a64d64b5a4582fcd7db3bef32822ec i386 architecture (Intel ia32) Size/MD5 checksum: 806592 99b63e880bbba2841f30ed006fbe2364 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) Size/MD5 checksum: 957620 061cfe882476dc4ad55caf16ec8c7af8 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 713450 625f8ed77be76269bd78f4414ed55a61 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 710332 5b07981be622bf78839d2376af142e3d powerpc architecture (PowerPC) Size/MD5 checksum: 789838 5c75fc8a345a20c6b6e39e2eb97cd004 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) Size/MD5 checksum: 730066 514965b8fa4913d2e1ff13630bd5957a sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5 checksum: 747502 6b72758d93bb4ddc392ef6cfa119a5c2 Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias lenny - ------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 1332 c657b80b61750fc072ce257c1d682b21 Size/MD5 checksum: 8253 04053487dbf0b49da04ded749d1c384e Size/MD5 checksum: 340741 c02fd740c55d5b3a7912f7584344103e alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) Size/MD5 checksum: 1096362 92f9a65cd06d7da250f79a3d11e0a124 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) Size/MD5 checksum: 1028438 f2058b3d07a9233cef8f9ca0dfec6673 arm architecture (ARM) Size/MD5 checksum: 1149682 3ed9f92e4ca7ee29ff3c60897cc71c21 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) Size/MD5 checksum: 1163022 359b9459a44f3653e2571cda2fb51085 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) Size/MD5 checksum: 1013106 15b468bd87a584a0415584452d26ab38 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) Size/MD5checksum: 1181082 f86b365aa064e782ea72a82d216edd62 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 916040 f6c21df1590da49c335bc76860e5af8d mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 906310 d156e11c8c0bedb5dd56fcfcf40730e9 powerpc architecture (PowerPC) Size/MD5 checksum: 1034324 29a41349db3b895e1a6bdf0bdf249ff8 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) Size/MD5 checksum: 970792 b0f4f9f9b0e38309fca19dabe60beef4 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5 checksum: 1000006 ea9cd30f00b2f9466dfeb84e96198099 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Debian DSA-1736-2 resolves critical XSS vulnerability in nginx, potentially leading to exposure of sensitive data. Discover further details.. Debian Security, Znc Privilege Escalation, Input Sanitization Fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Mar 10, 2009 Important Debian
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Gentoo: GLSA-202203-12 High: BNC Buffer Overflow Exploit

BNC contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may lead to Denial of Service and execution of arbitrary code.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: BNC: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: November 16, 2004 Bugs: #70674 ID: 200411-24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= BNC contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may lead to Denial of Service and execution of arbitrary code. Background ========= BNC (BouNCe) is an IRC proxy server. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/bnc < 2.9.1 > = 2.9.1 Description ========== Leon Juranic discovered that BNC fails to do proper bounds checking when checking server response. Impact ===== An attacker could exploit this to cause a Denial of Service and potentially execute arbitary code with the permissions of the user running BNC. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All BNC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =net-irc/bnc-2.9.1" References ========= [ 1 ] BNC ChangeLog [ 2 ] LSS-2004-11-03 ;ID=LSS-2004-11-03 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-24 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuringthe confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/. License ====== Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ . A severe stack overflow flaw in ABC may result in system instability and unauthorized code execution; please update immediately.. buffer overflow, denial of service, IRC proxy, Gentoo advisory, security fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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