Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1980-1 ircd-hybrid/ircd-ratbox -- integer underflow/denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 27 Jan 2010
- Affected Packages:
- ircd-hybrid/ircd-ratbox
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-4016, CVE-2010-0300.
- More information:
-
David Leadbeater discovered an integer underflow that could be triggered via the LINKS command and can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2009-4016). This issue affects both, ircd-hybrid and ircd-ratbox.
It was discovered that the ratbox IRC server is prone to a denial of service attack via the HELP command. The ircd-hybrid package is not vulnerable to this issue (CVE-2010-0300).
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1 of the ircd-hybrid package and in version 2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1 of ircd-ratbox.
Due to a bug in the archive software it was not possible to release the fix for the oldstable distribution (etch) simultaneously. The packages will be released as version 7.2.2.dfsg.2-3+etch1 once they become available.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your ircd-hybrid/ircd-ratbox packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/hybrid-dev_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox-dbg_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-ratbox/ircd-ratbox_2.2.8.dfsg-2+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_7.2.2.dfsg.2-4+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.