Debian Security Advisory
DSA-493-1 xchat -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 21 Apr 2004
- Affected Packages:
- xchat
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 244184.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0409. - More information:
-
A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Socks-5 proxy code of XChat, an IRC client for X similar to AmIRC. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the users' machine.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.9-0woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xchat and related packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-common_1.8.9-0woody3_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-text_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xchat/xchat-gnome_1.8.9-0woody3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.