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Posted on 13 December 2007
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-12
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Severity: Normal
Title: IRC Services: Denial of Service
Date: December 13, 2007
Bugs: #199897
ID: 200712-12
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Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services.
Background
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IRC Services is a system of services to be used with Internet Relay
Chat networks.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-irc/ircservices < 5.0.63 >= 5.0.63
Description
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loverboy reported that the "default_encrypt()" function in file
encrypt.c does not properly handle overly long passwords.
Impact
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A remote attacker could provide an overly long password to the
vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All IRC Services users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ircservices-5.0.63"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6122
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6122
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-12.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
