63 lines
1.9 KiB
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63 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200712-12">
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<title>IRC Services: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">ircservices</product>
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<announced>December 13, 2007</announced>
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<revised>December 13, 2007: 01</revised>
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<bug>199897</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-irc/ircservices" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">5.0.63</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.0.63</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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IRC Services is a system of services to be used with Internet Relay
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Chat networks.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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loverboy reported that the "default_encrypt()" function in file
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encrypt.c does not properly handle overly long passwords.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could provide an overly long password to the
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vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All IRC Services users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ircservices-5.0.63"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6122">CVE-2007-6122</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:48:10 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:51:02 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:44:42 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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