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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200404-15 (xchat)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200404-15.
Insight
Insight
XChat is vulnerable to a stack overflow that may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code.
Solution
Solution
All XChat users should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.8-r1' # emerge '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.8-r1' Note that users of the gtk1 version of xchat (1.8.*) should upgrade to xchat-1.8.11-r1: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '=net-irc/xchat-1.8.11-r1' # emerge '=net-irc/xchat-1.8.11-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200404-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46856 http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2004-04/msg00000.html