Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1088-1 centericq -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 03 Jun 2006
- Affected Packages:
- centericq
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 340959.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15600.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3863. - More information:
-
Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez discovered a buffer overflow in the ktools library which is used in centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, which may lead local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.1-1.1woody2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.21.0-6.
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_4.5.1-1.1woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2.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_4.5.1-1.1woody2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4.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_4.20.0-1sarge4.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.