Debian Security Advisory

DSA-813-1 centericq -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
15 Sep 2005
Affected Packages:
centericq
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 14415.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2369, CVE-2005-2370, CVE-2005-2448.
More information:

Several problems have been discovered in libgadu which is also part of centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CAN-2005-2369

    Multiple integer signedness errors may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

  • CAN-2005-2370

    Memory alignment errors may allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service on certain architectures such as sparc.

  • CAN-2005-2448

    Several endianess errors may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.20.0-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.