Debian Security Advisory
DSA-287-1 epic -- buffer overflows
- Date Reported:
- 15 Apr 2003
- Affected Packages:
- epic
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7103, BugTraq ID 7091.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0324. - More information:
-
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.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-16.1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/epic/epic_3.004-17.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.