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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-40.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-40.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e3478521 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-40.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200501-40"> + <title>ngIRCd: Buffer overflow</title> + <synopsis> + ngIRCd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can be used to crash the + daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">ngIRCd</product> + <announced>January 28, 2005</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>79705</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-irc/ngircd" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.8.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC). + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Florian Westphal discovered a buffer overflow caused by an integer + underflow in the Lists_MakeMask() function of lists.c. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker can exploit this buffer overflow to crash the ngIRCd + daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the + ngIRCd daemon process. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All ngIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ngIRCd-0.8.2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://arthur.ath.cx/pipermail/ngircd-ml/2005-January/000228.html">ngIRCd Release Annoucement</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0199">CVE-2005-0199</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:18:35 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:04:52 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:45:18 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |