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Slackware Advisory SSA:2003-141-02 BitchX security fixes
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Slackware Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2003-141-02.
Insight
Insight
New BitchX packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen. BitchX is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client. Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause BitchX to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user running BitchX.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the new package(s).