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[ GLSA 200606-26 ] EnergyMech: Denial of Service
From: Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:23:23 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: EnergyMech: Denial of Service Date: June 26, 2006 Bugs: #132749 ID: 200606-26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in EnergyMech that is easily exploitable via IRC. Background ========== EnergyMech is an IRC bot programmed in C. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/emech < 3.0.2 >= 3.0.2 Description =========== A bug in EnergyMech fails to handle empty CTCP NOTICEs correctly, and will cause a crash from a segmentation fault. Impact ====== By sending an empty CTCP NOTICE, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All EnergyMech users should update to the latest stable version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/emech-3.0.2" References ========== [ 1 ] EnergyMech Changelog http://www.energymech.net/versions-3.0.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-26.xml Concerns? ========= 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 ======= Copyright 2006 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
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