Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1826-1 eggdrop -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 04 Jul 2009
- Affected Packages:
- eggdrop
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 427157, Bug 528778.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2807, CVE-2009-1789. - More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2007-2807
It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code. The previous DSA (DSA-1448-1) did not fix the issue correctly.
- CVE-2009-1789
It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, that allows remote attackers to cause a crash via a crafted PRIVMSG.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.
For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.2
We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop package.
- CVE-2007-2807
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.18-1etch2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.19-1.1+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.