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Security Advisory New micq packages are available

Advisory: RHSA-2001:005-03
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2001-01-24
Last updated on: 2001-01-24
Affected Products: Powertools 6.2
Powertools 7.0
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2001-0233

Details

New micq packages are available which fix a buffer overflow vulnerability.

A buffer overflow exists in the micq package, which allows arbitrary
commands to be executed. This update fixes the problem.


Solution

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh <filenames>

where <filenames> is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directly *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Powertools 6.2

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-1/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 3377d787fb7d8d37d7488493f558d961
 
Alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-1/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 5fa4df1afb1e397ac6617e0d76446e1a
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-1/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: c963ccb56d15171741734f7a810abff2
 
Sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-1/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: 331a526910943a587e711781cae979bc
 
Powertools 7.0

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-2/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-2.src.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: c4dc138b56e3020cf4dff7c33d9364cd
 
Alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-2/alpha/micq-0.4.6-2.alpha.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: ff0d7d23c2a91bfde623586f3a10b226
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/micq/0.4.6-2/i386/micq-0.4.6-2.i386.rpm
Missing file
    MD5: f3225579995fae731b7db74d7f8c3763
 

References

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2001-0233.html
Thanks to tHE rECIdjVO <recidjvo@pkcrew.org> for finding the vulnerability
and to Seva Gluschenko < gvs@rinet.ru > for reporting lit to Bugtraq.

Keywords

overflow


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