67 lines
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67 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200411-24">
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<title>BNC: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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BNC contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may lead to Denial of
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Service and execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">BNC</product>
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<announced>November 16, 2004</announced>
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<revised>November 16, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>70674</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-irc/bnc" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.9.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.9.1</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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BNC (BouNCe) is an IRC proxy server.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Leon Juranic discovered that BNC fails to do proper bounds
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checking when checking server response.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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An attacker could exploit this to cause a Denial of Service and
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potentially execute arbitary code with the permissions of the user
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running BNC.
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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 BNC 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/bnc-2.9.1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://gotbnc.com/changes.html">BNC ChangeLog</uri>
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<uri link="http://security.lss.hr/en/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-11-03">LSS-2004-11-03</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:17:39 +0000">
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lewk
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:49:41 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:44:26 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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