Debian Security Advisory
DSA-912-1 centericq -- denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 30 Nov 2005
- Affected Packages:
- centericq
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 334089.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3694. - More information:
-
Wernfried Haas discovered that centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, can crash when it receives certain zero length packets and is directly connected to the Internet.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.1-1.1woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.21.0-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.