Security Advisory xchat security update

Advisory: RHSA-2004:585-06
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Low
Issued on: 2004-10-27
Last updated on: 2004-10-27
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2004-0409

Details

An updated xchat package that fixes a stack buffer overflow in the SOCKSv5
proxy code.

X-Chat is a graphical IRC chat client for the X Window System.

A stack buffer overflow has been fixed in the SOCKSv5 proxy code.
An attacker could create a malicious SOCKSv5 proxy server in such a way
that X-Chat would execute arbitrary code if a victim configured X-Chat to
use the proxy. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0409 to this issue.

Users of X-Chat should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains a
backported security patch, and is not vulnerable to this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.src.rpm     24dcd2f613f5d14c1f091cdfc1fdd6ca
 
IA-32:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.i386.rpm     431bffb1410d138f3fc7ddf98668654a
 
x86_64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.x86_64.rpm     7398eacb0210d9b66f16c07b389dd173
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.src.rpm     6d5775b3f8aad029c4d793850ad886d7
 
IA-32:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.i386.rpm     903f03b6faffb88f391484b448c3f637
 
IA-64:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.ia64.rpm     39a974df6da586d236283bff42e6bb3e
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.src.rpm     24dcd2f613f5d14c1f091cdfc1fdd6ca
 
IA-32:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.i386.rpm     431bffb1410d138f3fc7ddf98668654a
 
IA-64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.ia64.rpm     ad3c4335eacf54f0d1841e07d0168a49
 
PPC:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.ppc.rpm     fd3713f4b7d731c451b7d787857c1a74
 
s390:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.s390.rpm     696feca825d882bd23a594c6016e3fd6
 
s390x:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.s390x.rpm     a6f0191edb52adea9f3ae8dfd9de217c
 
x86_64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.x86_64.rpm     7398eacb0210d9b66f16c07b389dd173
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.src.rpm     6d5775b3f8aad029c4d793850ad886d7
 
IA-32:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.i386.rpm     903f03b6faffb88f391484b448c3f637
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.src.rpm     24dcd2f613f5d14c1f091cdfc1fdd6ca
 
IA-32:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.i386.rpm     431bffb1410d138f3fc7ddf98668654a
 
IA-64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.ia64.rpm     ad3c4335eacf54f0d1841e07d0168a49
 
x86_64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.x86_64.rpm     7398eacb0210d9b66f16c07b389dd173
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.src.rpm     6d5775b3f8aad029c4d793850ad886d7
 
IA-32:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.i386.rpm     903f03b6faffb88f391484b448c3f637
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.src.rpm     24dcd2f613f5d14c1f091cdfc1fdd6ca
 
IA-32:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.i386.rpm     431bffb1410d138f3fc7ddf98668654a
 
IA-64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.ia64.rpm     ad3c4335eacf54f0d1841e07d0168a49
 
x86_64:
xchat-2.0.4-4.EL.x86_64.rpm     7398eacb0210d9b66f16c07b389dd173
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.src.rpm     6d5775b3f8aad029c4d793850ad886d7
 
IA-64:
xchat-1.8.9-1.21as.2.ia64.rpm     39a974df6da586d236283bff42e6bb3e
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

121333 - CAN-2004-0409 XChat buffer overflow in socks5 proxy
135238 - CAN-2004-0409 XChat buffer overflow in socks5 proxy


References


Keywords

X-Chat


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